Funeral services for Ms. Esther Mae Watson will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in the chapel of Rush Funeral Home in Pineville with Reverend Robert Barker officiating. Interment will be held in Restland Memorial Gardens in Pollock under the direction of Rush Funeral Home in Pineville.

Ms. Watson, age 89, of Pollock, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Woods Haven Nursing Home in Pollock, Louisiana. She was a native of Centerpoint and Echo, Louisiana. She was a homemaker and attended the Church of God of Prophecy in Tioga.

She is preceded in death by her husband, William Watson, and her parents, Joe and Fannie Carr.

“Aunt Mae” will be greatly missed and is survived by her two “adopted daughters,” Edna Kilgo and husband Warren, and Leatha Carey and husband Jimmy. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, and the staff of Woods Haven Nursing Home who lovingly cared for her over the course of the last four years.

Pallbearers will be Gary Kilgo, Wade Kilgo, William Kilgo, Kevin Kilgo, Jimmy Carey, and David Carr.

Friends may call at Rush Funeral Home in Pineville on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. until the time of service at 2:00 p.m.