Evelyn (Orr) Watson

November 19, 1919 - July 4, 2017

Florence Evelyn (Orr) Watson, 97, of Point Marion, Pa., died Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at the Point Manor Personal Care Home in Point Marion. Evelyn was born in Brownsville, PA on November 19, 1919, a daughter of the late Harry and Jennie McCune Orr. She was a 1937 graduate of Point Marion High School. She was employed at the S&J Café (which later became the Barn Door), Ross Brothers Grocery Store, Hamrick’s Dairy Bar, co-managed Glasscraft Studios, and then with Houze Glass Company until her retirement. “Gram” was an excellent roller skater in her youth, dancing on skates with her brother Jay. An avid Pirate fan for decades, she rarely missed watching or listening to the games. She was a devoted, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who loved to cook for her “gang”. She was well known for her from-scratch cream pies and macaroni and cheese. In addition to her parents and brother, Jay, she was preceded in death by her husband Harold in December of 1996, and her son Michael, in April of 2015. She is survived by her son Harold F. “Pete” Watson and wife Diane, of Point Marion: grandsons, Jim and wife Leanna of Burton, WV, Dan and fiancé Michelle of Morgantown, WV, Grant and wife Regina of Morgantown, WV, and Keith of Point Marion, and by great grandchildren Bryndin, Brody, Jaden, Gabriel and Delaney. Friends will be received in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, PA, on Saturday from 6 – 8 pm, and Sunday until 1 p.m., the hour of service with Pastor Kathy Griffith officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion. Memorial donations may be made to the Point Marion Public Library, 399 Ontario Avenue, Point Marion, PA 15474 Sincerest thanks are extended to everyone at Point Manor Personal Care Home for the loving care and kindness shown to Evelyn during her stay there.