Miss You, Grandma...

My wonderful grandmother passed away this past Thursday. We miss her so much already. There were so many people at her funeral - there to celebrate her life. She was the best cook around, told stories like nobody's business and was an encyclopedia of information. As my cousin, Janine put it during her eulogy, she was our Command Center.

With Grandma at my wedding on October 29, 2006


This was the obituary in the paper on Saturday.

Fannie Pearl Odom Watson

Fannie Pearl Odom Watson -- age 82. A native and resident of Wilmer, died Thursday, May 25, 2006 in a local hospital surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Watson was a charter member of Georgetown Assembly of God Church where she was still a faithful member. In her life, she worked for Chandlers in Eight Mile and Ibsen Seed Co., but most of all she was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who loved to cook for everyone. She is preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, W.I. (Man) Watson and her parents, Azberry and Frances Odom. She is survived by five daughters, Bonnie Wilgus, Belle Haven, VA, Hazel Cantrell, Mobile, AL, Janice (Larry) Booker, Semmes, AL, Joyce (Eric) Harris, Lumberton, TX and Rita (Danny) Maddox, Trussville, AL; three sons, Ernest (Carol) Watson, Charles (Priscilla) Watson, both of Humble, TX and Butch (Susie) Watson, Georgetown, AL; 18 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandchild, nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held from Valhalla Memorial Funeral Home Saturday, May 27, 2006 from 5PM until 8PM. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 2:30PM from Georgetown Assembly of God Church. Mrs. Watson will lie in state one hour prior to the 2:30 service. Interment will be in Georgetown Methodist Cemetery. Donations can also be made to the American Heart Association in honor of Mrs. Watson. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY VALHALLA MEMORIAL GARDENS AND FUNERAL HOME, INC. Published in the Mobile Register on 5/27/2006.