John Watson

John Elzie "Junior" Watson, age 64, of Northport, died Sept. 2, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Phillips Chapel with Terrell Jones and Jerry Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow in Phillips Chapel Cemetery with Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. The body will lie in state one hour prior to services at the church. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Ceborn and Lev Watson and David Jones; sisters, Doris Jones and Jane Skelton; and parents, Elzie and Velma Watson. Survivors include his sisters, Vandie Hewitt, Sederia McCormack, Bernice Davis, Josephine Oswalt, and Mary Porter; and brother, Joe Watson. Pallbearers will be Larry Watson, Randy Oswalt, Sonny Adams, Terriel Rogers, Doyle Smith, and Herman Smith. Honorary pallbearers are Sonny Adams, Mr. Junkins, Vodie Montgomery- Bottom Feeders, City Café, Heritage Nursing Home, and Gene Alridge.