Rosa Nell Watson

Published 11:28 am Monday, April 18, 2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Services for Rosa Nell Watson were March 16, 2011, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Sacramento, Calif. Burial followed at Camellia Memorial Lawn under the direction of Morgan Jones Funeral Home in Sacramento.

Mrs. Watson died Sunday, March 6, 2011. She was 94.

She was born in Delhi, La., and moved to Sacramento in 1961. She retired from Keyes Fibre in 1978 and was a longtime member of Shiloh Baptist Church.

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She was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, O.D. Watson; and a brother, Julian D. Decatur.

Survivors include two daughters, Dannie Finch of Sacramento and Deborah Vaughn of El Dorado Hills, Calif.; two sons, Otis Watson Jr. of Sacramento and Frank Watson of Baytown, Texas; a sister, Warren E. Thomas of Sacramento; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and other relatives.