Rosabel Watson

Rose Watson, 76, passed away July 16, 2008 at a local nursing center in Abilene, Texas. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A graveside service will be held on 2:00pm Saturday, July 19, in the Gunter Cemetery in Gunter, Texas, under the direction of Hamil Family. Monday, July 21, a memorial service will be held at 10:30 am at the Mountainside Church of Christ in Albuquerque, New Mexico. May 9, 1932, Rose was born the daughter of the late Francis Marion Jenkins and Lorein (Tune) Jenkins in Waxahachie, Texas. She graduated from North Texas High School in Denton, Texas in 1947. In 1952, Rose graduated from North Texas State University with a Bachelor's Degree and furthered her education, graduating with her Master's Degree in Elementary Education in 1957. During that time she married Bill Watson in Fort Worth, Texas on June 27, 1953. Rose lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico for 33 years where she taught school for 24 years in the Albuquerque Public School District. She was a member of Mountainside Church of Christ in Albuquerque. In 2005, Rose and Bill moved to Abilene, Texas, where they are members of Southern Hills Church of Christ. Rose was a faithful Christian woman who loved the Lord. She loved her family, and was a devoted teacher who loved her students. As a teacher, she was interested in developing the whole child. She loved to travel with her husband. They traveled many beautiful places on various cruises. She was preceded in death by her parents Francis and Lorein Jenkins; one son, Tony Mark Watson in 2007; one brother, "Buddy" Jenkins; and one sister, Gloria Jenkins. Rose is survived by her husband, Bill Watson, of Abilene; one daughter, Kim Rowlands and her husband, Steve, of Abilene; one daughter-in-law, Margaret Watson, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; and four grandchildren, Nate and Will, of Abilene, and Shawn and Kelly, of Albuquerque. Flowers may be sent to the Mountainside Church of Christ in Albuquerque. Memorials may be made in honor of Rose to the West Texas Parkinsonism Society, 3610 22nd Street, Suite 300, Lubbock, Texas, 79410; or to the Mountainside Church of Christ Haitian Missions, 12300 Indian School Road NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87112.