Doris Watson

BAXTER-A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Pamela Doris Watson, 83, of Baxter will be held Tuesday, September 11 at 11 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Cookeville. Interment will follow in Smellage Memory Gardens in the Boma community. Father James Panackal will officiate. Mrs. Watson's family will receive friends Monday 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Baxter Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner and again at the church Tuesday 10 a.m. until service time. Mrs. Watson died Friday, September 7, 2018 at her residence. She was born Saturday June 15, 1935 in Boma, TN to the late Henry Grady and Nola Edna Lowe Jernigan. She attended Baxter Seminary. She and her husband Robert Carlon moved to Detroit, MI in 1952 and she was employed at National Bank of Detroit for 30 years. She has been a member of Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Cookeville returning to live in Tennessee in 1997. Pamela Doris was loving and devoted to her family. She had a strong work ethic, was generous and thoughtful and led by example. She enjoyed reading, gardening, traveling, animals and was an excellent cook. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Essie Kremske, Ova Julian, Olive Jared, Nell Walker, five brothers, John Thurman, Jasper "Buddy", Charlie, Glenn and Henry "Jr." Jernigan. She is survived by her adoring family, her husband of 67 years, Robert Carlon Watson; four children, Myra (Hank) DeHerder of Shelby Twp., Michigan, Roger (Laura Brown) of Lacock, England, Tim (Kathy) Watson of Green Bay, Wisconsin and Tom (Jackie) Watson of Stockbridge, Michigan; six grandchildren, Henrik DeHerder, Lindsay Kindlon, Benjamin Watson, Kathryn Ahlbrandt-Watson, Jason Watson and Crystal Watson, eight great grandchildren; sisters, Pearl Harris, Jean (Arnold) Robinson, all of Baxter and Judy Moore of San Antonio, TX; brother, Norman Jernigan of Shelby Twp., MI; and by many nieces and nephews. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Baxter chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)858-2134. Share your thoughts and memories at hhhfunerals.com