Leatrice Joy Watson Wilkinson

Leatrice Joy Watson Wilkinson

Born April 1, 1930 in Bastrop County, Texas

Passed away September 30, 2012 in McKinney, Texas Memorial Services were held in McKinney, Texas on October 3, 2012 at High Pointe Church of Christ.

Interment: October 26, 2012 at 10:30 a.m., Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene Texas under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St.

A come-and-go reception to celebrate her life will be held on Friday October 26, 1:30-3:00 p.m. at University Church of Christ in the Youth Center of the Main Building.

Leatrice Joy Watson Wilkinson was born to Louis James and Bessie Viola Fisher in Bastrop County. She lived in Bastrop County until 1939 when her family moved to Kermit, Texas. She attended middle school and high school in Colorado City, Texas.


Leatrice married James Hubert Watson on December 22, 1946, and they were married for forty years until his passing in 1986. They resided in Denver City, Texas for sixteen years until they moved to Abilene, Texas in 1964. She was employed by Abilene Christian University from 1965 until her retirement on May 1, 1990.

On May 5, 1990, Leatrice and Harold Wilkinson were married. They resided in Abilene until moving to McKinney, Texas in 1997. Harold passed away in 2006.


She is survived by her three daughters, Laura Cooper and husband, Tom of McKinney, Texas, Gloria Daniel of Plano, Texas, Lynne Hall and husband, Lynn of Sherwood, Arkansas; grandchildren, Brent Cooper and wife, Amy, Curt Cooper, Kara Edwards, Kim Daniel, Christopher Hall, Whitney Hall and three great-grandchildren.


She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Bessie Fisher; first husband, Hubert Watson; husband, Harold Wilkinson; sister, Gloria Marie Fisher and granddaughter, Tonya Denise Daniel.


Her life will be celebrated graveside on Friday, October 26th, at 10:30 a.m. at Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Texas. Memorial services were held at High Pointe Church of Christ in McKinney, Texas on October 3, 2012.


Memorials may be made to the Hubert and Leatrice Watson Scholarship Fund at Abilene Christian University (ACU Box 29132, Abilene, Texas 79699, or www.acu.edu/giveonline) or to the charity of your choice.