Eva Howell
Eva Nell Watson Howell passed peacefully away on July 19, 2022, at her residence.
Memorial services will be announced at a later date.
Eva was born Jan. 16, 1935, in Fairy in the home of her grandparents, J.B. (Ben) and Laura Belle Cunningham. She was the only child born to her parents, Wilford Tommie and Fleeta Cunningham Pitts.
She attended school in Hamilton and graduated from Hamilton High School in 1953.
On Oct. 10, 1953, she married Clyde Willis Watson, and they were blessed with four wonderful children Cathy, Tommy, Mike and Bill.
Eva was a Christian and a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. Her love for God and family were very important to her. She was a loving wife, daughter, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She cherished the time she spent with her family.
Eva was the Branch Manager of the former Gatesville Savings and Loan, which later became Western Savings and Loan and later Bank of America. She worked there from October 1972 until March 1993. Prior to that she worked for Williams Abstract & Title Co. and worked in the Hamilton County Courthouse in the Tax Assessor’s office and the County Clerk’s office.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Clyde Willis Watson, on May 4, 1990. On December 7, 1995, she married Charles Turner (Red) Howell, and he also preceded her in death on January 31, 2001. Michael Dwayne Watson preceded her in death on Feb. 24, 2009, and her daughter Cathy Lynn Watson Sellers on Sept. 9, 2017, and two grandchildren, Laura Leigh and Francis Tommy Sellers; and a great-granddaughter, Katelynn Suzanne Gail Watson. She was also preceded in death by her companion of 10-1/2 years David W. Cogswell on Oct. 14, 2013.
Eva is survived by her sons, Tom Watson and wife Judy of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and Bill Watson and wife Texanne of Hamilton; son-in-law Ted Sellers of Hamilton; grandchildren Elisa and Joe Lester, Christi and Michael Chabarria, Josh and Pam Watson, Chandra and Brian Ingram, John Michael and Sheri Watson and Danny Watson and wife Emily of Hamilton; and several great-grandchildren.
