OBITUARY: Floyd Watson, 92, of Bertram dies Feb. 18, 2014
Floyd Watson, 92, of Bertram died Feb. 18, 2014, in Georgetown surrounded by his nieces and nephews. He was born Jan. 7, 1922, at Trigger Mountain in Mills County, Texas, to Bennie B. and Della Watson.
He was proud to say he graduated from Oatmeal High School. He married Letha Mae Sylvester in 1947.
Floyd was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Bertram. Carpentry was his trade, but farming and ranching were his passions.
In 1938, when he was 16, he was one of about 60 men who showed up at the local drugstore in response to a newspaper ad recruiting workers to build the electric lines that first brought electricity to Central Texas. This past year, as Pedernales Electric Cooperative celebrated 75 years of service, it recognized Watson as one of the few men still living who had worked on the original lines.
Floyd served in the U.S. Navy with the Seabees during World War II. Landing in the Pacific soon after the Marines, the Seabees built airstrips, roads, gasoline and water-storage tanks and Quonset huts for storage and housing.
Returning home after the war, he continued with his carpentry trade, building and supervising many commercial buildings in the Austin area.
He spent his last years doing what he loved: farming and ranching. He loved to smell the freshly plowed ground and took great pleasure in tending his cattle and sheep.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Letha Sylvester Watson; brothers, Vernon Watson, Bendal Watson, T.D. Watson and Roy Watson; and sisters, Delma Hibler, Fannie Klose and Donella Floyd.
He is survived by many loving nieces and nephews and a host of neighbors and friends
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Feb. 21 at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home, 306 Texas 29 East in Burnet, (512) 756-2222. A service is 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Oatmeal Cemetery.
Go to www.clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com to offer condolences.