Becky Watson, age 72, long-time resident of Coleman, died Sunday, June 11, 2023, at an Arlington hospital. The family will host a visitation on Wednesday, June 14 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home, 400 W. Pecan Street, Coleman. Service will be held on Thursday, June 15, at 10:00 a.m. at the Coleman City Cemetery Pavilion, 1600 E. 9th Street, Coleman, with her brother-in-law, Kyle Foster, officiating. Interment will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery. Services are entrusted to Stevens Funeral Home.
She was born Rebecca Lynn Smith, but she was always known as Becky, on February 8, 1951, in Lubbock, to Alvin and Joann Buford Smith. She grew up in Coleman and attended school here, graduating in the Class of 1969. On May 24, 1969, one day after graduating from high school, she married Marlie Watson, in Coleman. They were married almost 46 years at the time of his death on May 21, 2015. Becky was a legal assistant for Johnson, Jones and Autry Law Firm. She later worked for Steve Autry and Heath Hemphill. About a year after he husband’s death, she moved to Eastland to be close to her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughters. After moving there, she began a new career as a Health Aide for Eastland Independent School District, where her granddaughters attended school. She was known as “Meemaw” to her granddaughters and the kids at Eastland ISD.
