Marilyn Arlene Holbrook Watson

November 2, 1954 - April 2, 2019

Marilyn Arlene Holbrook Watson, age 64 of Elizabethton, TN passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Bristol Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank Troy and Hannah Elizabeth Castle Holbrook. Marilyn graduated from Virginia High School in 1972 and Virginia Intermont College in 1977 with a degree in Medical Technology. She worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs for 30 years, retiring in 2010. She was a member of Anderson Street United Methodist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Marilyn loved working in her flowers and spending time with her family and grandchildren. Survivors include her husband of 40 years, David A. Watson; two daughters, Ashley Hamm and husband, Josh and their children, Ashlynn and Mason; Alyson Shaffer and husband, Adam and their child, John, all of Bluff City, TN; two sisters, Becky Buhls and her children, Jereme, Hannah and Josh; and Kathy Frye and husband, Robert and their daughter, Lindsey; one brother, Tony Holbrook and his children, Charlie and Jamie; brother-in-law, Ronnie Watson and wife, Judy and their children, Amanda and Troy; many special cousins and two special friends, Melinda Gentry and Duffy Stout. A graveside service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, April 4, 2019 in Glenwood Cemetery with Dr. Alan King officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be nieces, nephews and cousins. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Immunotherapy Research, Cancer Research Institute at www.cancerresearch.org Condolences and memories may be left for the family at akardfuneralhome.com Akard Funeral Home, (423) 989-4800 is serving the Watson family.