Rachel Ashworth Watson

July 23, 1939 - March 27, 2015

Rachel Ashworth Watson, 75, of DeRidder, LA, passed from this life on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Beauregard Memorial Hospital.  She attended school and graduated in Rosepine, LA.  She loved quilting, sewing, bowling, gardening, and was a great cook.  Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Ricky Watson and wife Rhonda of DeRidder, LA, Michael Watson and wife Carla of Sulphur, LA, and Paul Watson and Brandice Hall of Lake Charles, LA; brother, Audrey Ashworth and wife Jessica of Anacoco, LA; sisters, Marie Stewart of DeRidder, LA, Lester Boudreaux of Deridder, LA, and Juanita Lewis of Huntsville, TX; 7 grandchildren, Derik, Erika, Cassie, Lacie, Mitchell, Shawn, and Conner; 11 great grandchildren; and a host of loving nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. Watson; parents, Frank and Hazel Ashworth; brothers, Ruben, JT, Edward, and Douglas M.C. Ashworth; sister, Dorothy Cooper.

Visitation will be held Monday, March 30, 2015 from 6:00pm until 10:00pm at Myers-Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA.  Funeral service is Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 10:00am at Providence Baptist Church in Rosepine, LA.  Burial will follow at John C. White (Providence) Cemetery in Rosepine. Rev. Arlen Smith will officiate.