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Birth date: Nov 2, 1954 Death date: Apr 2, 2019
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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.Read Obituary
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The Family of Marilyn Holbrook Watson,
Our thoughts and Prayers are with you. We graduated with Marilyn she was a sweet person to have known.
Chris (Hunt) Brenton Bristol,Va.
Thomas Brown Bristol,Tenn.
David, Delores and I are sorry for your lost we are keeping you in our prayers
I knew Marilyn through work and she was always smiling and supportive. She was very kind hearted and loved hearing about my first-time-dad hijinks with twin boys. The way she talked about her family, you could tell how much she loved and how loved she was.
--rick simons
Ashley, so sorry for your loss. PRAYERS going UP for U & your family.
David, sorry for your loss and will be thinking of you and your family. Mary Kaylor Miller from our Chinquapin growing up days.
For a Mother her story must be strong
to love, to help you carry on, for which you never need to ask
She is a gift of admiration, a blessing to behold
to hold a hand and kiss a cheek seems so simple, and not a task at all
There is nothing more we value than you laughter and your love
Your Strength and Character for us, an example, our loving guide
With us, your words and lessons, the cornerstone of what you built
Your story lives in each of us, forever at our side