David Lawrence Watson (Plainview)

David Watson, 85, of Kress passed away on September 29, 2026.

David was born to Lawrence Leslie and Cecile Ozella Minyen Watson on December 29, 1940 in Paoli, Oklahoma. He attended a little two-room schoolhouse in Moore. David was about 11 when his family moved to Texas in 1951. No specific date or age is noted as to when he accepted Christ, but it was evident that he was a child of God.

He graduated from Kress High School in 1958. He went to college for a semester at West Texas State and decided he much preferred farming to classroom work, so he returned to work on the family farm.

He farmed an 80 acre plot west of Kress with his dad while he attended high school. He eventually bought the land from his dad and bought more land adjacent to the original plot and farmed for the next 60 plus years.

He married Billie Carol Greene on July 12, 1961; after 34 years of marriage, David and Billie divorced in 1995. He married Barbara Love on November 27, 1997; she passed in January 2021.

He is survived by his son Michael Watson and wife Janet; daughters Teresa Carlisle and husband Bill, and Shelly Crawford; sisters Brenda Walters and husband Butch, and Melinda Arney and husband James; brother-in-law Rodney Widrig; grandchildren Devin Edwards and husband Daniel, Ariel Watson, Vince Fuller, Misty McCarty, Justin Carlisle and wife Alexis, Joshua Carlisle and wife Britney, Carolyn Carlisle, Cheyenne McClendon, and Brady McClendon; 15 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; and bonus family member Lori Simpson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence Leslie and Cecile Watson; wives Billie and Barbara Watson; daughter Roxanne Fuller; sisters Kathy Scarborough and Martha Widrig; and brothers Johnny Watson and Ronald "Skipper" Watson.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, October 2, 2026 at 11:30 A.M. at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel in Plainview, Texas.

A visitation will be held from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, October 1, 2026 at Kornerstone Funeral Directors in Plainview, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Samaritans Purse located at PO Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607, and Boys Ranch located at PO Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174.