On July 25, 1960 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, the home of Tommy Lee Watson, Sr. and Katie Flournoy Watson was blessed with a bouncing bundle of love. They named him, Tommy Lee Watson, Jr.
He peacefully entered eternity on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at his residence. He joins his father, one daughter, Martina Lewis-Johnson and one brother-in-law, Ricky Turner.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. Davis Funeral Home. Interment will be held in the Flournoy Family Cemetery, 2120 Spann Road, Wadley, GA
Public viewing will be held Tuesday, December 5, 2023 from 4:00 to 6:30 P.M.
Tommy grew up in Wadley, GA and at an early age he joined the Mt. Pleasant C.M.E. Church, Bartow, GA. He was a 1977 graduate from Wadley High School where he was an A1 football player. After graduation he worked on several jobs including a lineman at Georgia Power and Supervisor at Crider.
Tommy took much time to enjoy animals, fishing and dancing.
His love will forever resonate in the hearts of his loving mother: Katie Flournoy Watson, Wadley, GA; his siblings: Shirley Turner, Wadley, GA, Danny (Teresa) Watson, Virginia Beach, VA, Ricky Watson, Sr., Wadley, GA; nieces and nephews: Ralston Turner and Alexis Turner, Atlanta, GA, Myesha Watson and Dashia Watson, VA, Ricky Watson, Jr. and Jasmine Watson-Cue, Chicago, Yolanda Dixon (Ben) Cunningham, Louisville, GA and Stravaski Thomas, FL; several cousins and many friends.
Davis Funeral Home, 725 Beech Street, Louisville, GA is in charge of arrangements for Mr. Tommy Watson, Jr.