Ruth Marie Watson obituary

Ruth Marie Watson, age 82 of Smyrna, died Wednesday at St. Thomas Rutherford
Hospital. She was a native of Nashville and a daughter of the late Robert Tyree Harding
and Ruby Alberta Weir Harding. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James
H. “Jim” Watson; and brothers, Bob and Earl Harding.

Survivors include children, Jimmy (Lisa) Watson of Murfreesboro, Vickie (Dave) Pitts of
Smyrna, Teresa (Michael) Davis of Murfreesboro, Cindy Watson of Smyrna, Judy
(Terry) Sisco of Smyrna; brother, Richard Harding (Kathy) of Nashville; sister, Frances
Edwards of Brentwood; sister in law, Shirley Harding of Ohio; thirteen grandchildren
and seventeen great grandchildren.

Mrs. Watson was a member of Parkway Baptist Church and a 1955 graduate of Central
High School in Nashville. She and her late husband Jim owned Watson’s Kiddie
Kampus day care center in Smyrna until their retirement.

Visitation will be 4:00 until 8:00 pm Friday and again Saturday, November 16, 2019
from 10:00 am until the time of funeral services beginning at 11:00 am at Woodfin
Chapel, Smyrna. Bro. Dan Parker will officiate, and burial will be in Woodlawn
Memorial Gardens.

An online guestbook is available for the Watson family at www.woodfinchapel.com