David T. Watson, 61 PRESTON, Md. - David Thomas Watson Sr., of Preston, passed away on Friday, April 9, 2010, at the Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was 61. He was born May 8, 1948, in Franklin, Pa., the son of the late Grace Mauk Watson and the late Thomas and Sallie Watson. He had worked for Franklin Steel Mill in Franklin, Pa. He served his country in the US Navy from 1967 to 1970 where he worked on F-4 Phantoms and was a jet mechanic on the USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier. He helped build the prison barge in Avondale, New Orleans, cargo ships for the Navy in Ingalls, Miss., and oil tankers in Newport News, Va. He was a lifetime member of the Federalsburg VFW Post #5246. He enjoyed hunting. He is survived by two children, Bobbi Jo Callis and her husband Reed of Preston with whom he made his home, and David Thomas Watson II of Bluff, Tenn.; six grandchildren, Taylar, Zachary, Olivia, Kristen, Kyle and Maggie, twin sister Diane Otto (John) of Virginia; five additional siblings, Sallie Wright (Sam) of Buffalo, N.Y., Cathy Snyder, Jim Watson (Becky) and Randy Watson (Rhonda), all of Franklin, Pa., and Thomas W. Watson, II (Laurie) of Jacksonville, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Wednesday, April 14, at the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg, Md. Interment with military honors followed at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in Hurlock, Md. Friends called at the funeral home on Tuesday with a VFW service. To share memories with the family please visit
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