Un être cher | Norma ‘Connie’ Constance Smith Watson
DATES | Octobre 16, 1921 – Avril 10, 2013
CIMETIÈRE | À feuilles persistantes, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill Co., Géorgie 31750
LOCATION dans le cimetière | The lot is at the very rear of the cemetery, à gauche.
Maisons funéraires | Paulk Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Fitzgerald, Géorgie 31750 - T: 229 423 2033
Norma Constance (Connie) Smith Watson, 91, est décédé mercredi, Avril 10, 2013 in Fitzgerald.
Born October 16, 1921 to the late James Thomas and Norma Alice Griffin Smith, Connie graduated from Fitzgerald High School in 1939 and attended secretarial school before becoming a legal secretary. She moved to Washington, DC and was employed by the US Department of Labor. Shortly after her return to Fitzgerald, she met and married Frank Edwin Watson in March 1943. She later worked as a writer, editor, and public relations consultant in Albany and Fitzgerald. For several years, Connie was on the staff of the Albany Chamber of Commerce and was involved in the founding of the Albany Pecan Festival in the early 1970s. She retired from the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany in 1981. Throughout her life she enjoyed writing poetry, and her many other talents included floral design, cooking, sewing, and photography. As the Albany Area Correspondent for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, she enjoyed traveling around South Georgia and North Florida covering news stories. She became a skilled photographer, and she and Frank owned a photography studio in Fitzgerald where she especially loved portrait photography and framing. A teacher at heart, Connie taught courses in such diverse topics as fire safety, defensive driving and word processing, in addition to many years of teaching Sunday school to both children and adults.
Following their years in Albany, Connie and Frank returned home to Fitzgerald in 1983. She was an administrative assistant to the general manager of Fitzgerald Water Light & Bond for several years and wrote the WL&B annual review for The Herald Leader. She also wrote many feature stories on local residents for The Herald Leader. Connie was a long-time member of Central United Methodist Church, where she was active in the United Methodist Women and the Golden Believers Sunday School Class, which she taught for several years.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 ans, as well as four brothers, Lawson, David, Victor and Robert Griffin Smith; and three sisters, Nell Owens, Betty Marsh and Mary Eunice Smith.
She is survived by two daughters, Anne (Jean) O’Connor of Fitzgerald and Carol (Fred) Miller of Jacksonville, FL; un fils, Keith (Carol) Watson of Marietta; un frère, Gerald (Betty) Smith of Maryville, TN; une soeur, Tommie Nichols of Fitzgerald; sept petits-enfants: Shannon and Erin O’Connor, Brian and Steven (Jessica) Watson, Ted (Mary Claire) Meunier, Nathan (Kat) Meunier, and Matt (Leah) Meunier; nine great-grandchildren; et de nombreux neveux et nièces. She is also survived by a close friend and caregiver, Jackie (Dan) Weldon of Ocilla, two sisters-in-law, Elke (Marchmon) Howell and Shirley Watson; and a brother-in-law, William Marsh.