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Note: BIO:JESSE JOINED THE U.S.NAVAL AIR FORCE IN HIS SENIOR YEAR AFTER HE TURNED 18,AND AFTER GRADUATION MAY 1943, HE LEFT FOR GREAT LAKES NAVY BASE FOR TRAINING.THEN TO MENPHIS TENN. NAVAL AIR BASE FOR MECHANIC SCHOOL,THEN TO NEW ORLEANS LA.NAVY BASE.THEN TO HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA FOR AIR GUNNERY SCHOOL,THEN IN 1946 TO GRAND PRAIRIE TEXAS NAVAL AIR BASE WHERE I(VERA) MET HIM JULY 4 1947.(AND HIS LIFE CHANGED!!!!).HE RETIRED IN DEC.1963 AS A CHIEF PETTY OFICER(E7).HE WENT TO WORK AT CALVERY TRUCK REPAIR LEARNING TO REPAIR DIESEL ENGINES(1964 TO 1968) OCT. 1968 HE WENT TO WORK AT CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE IN ARLINGTON TEXAS AS A MECHANIC AND 15 YEARS LATER RETIRED AS SERVICE MANAGER. AND MOVED TO TOLEDO BEND LAKE MILAM TEXAS,AND STARTED BUILDING THINGS, ROOMS, GAZEBO, LAWN FURNITURE,AND LARGE WORKSHOP.AND HE NOT THROUGH YET.[My Family1.FTW] Jesse Bryan Watterson Obit. Jesse Bryan Watterson Jr., 77. of MidLake Village on Toledo Bend near Hemphill died Sunday,Dec. 2, 2001 at DuBuis Hospital in Alex- andria, Louisiana. Watterson was born Nov. 9, 1924, in Sharon, Penn- sylvania, as a son of the late Janet Laverne (Ripple) and Jesse Bryan Watterson Sr. He had lived in the Arlington area before moving to Sabine County several years ago. He retired from the U.S. Navy as a master mechanic after more than 20 years of service and was a World War II veteran. Survivors: his wife, Vera Watterson of Hemphill: sons, Walter �Bill Watterson of B~g Bear, California, James Watterson of Reno. Nevada. Tom Watterson of Arlington, and Justin �But Watterson of Hemphill; daughters, Peggy Salter of Hemphill and Jessica Clay of Bullhead City, Arizona; a brother, James Watterson of Hemphdl: a sister, Jeraldine Snedeker of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; 11 grandchildren: and ten great- grandchildren. Graveside rites are scheduled for 11 am. today (Wednesday) at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Naflonal Cemetery. Starr Funeral Home Inc., Hemphill, directors.
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