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     Judy Ann Prier was buried at Maple Park Cemetery, 2 West Prospect Street, Aurora, Lawrence Co., Missouri.^1,2 She died on August 15, 1978 at Mount Vernon, Lawrence Co., Missouri.^1,2 She was born on August 15, 1978 at Mount Vernon, Lawrence Co., Missouri.^1,2

     Foy Willis Watson Jr. was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He was born on February 4, 1931 at West Virginia.^1,2,3 He married Dorothy Victoria Pennington on July 2, 1953 at Matheny, Wyoming Co., West Virginia.^9,6 Foy Willis Watson Jr. died on May 31, 1958 at Palm Beach Co., Florida, at age 27.^2,3,5 He Broward County Trucker Drowns in Canal. A 27 year old West Hollywood truck driver drowned early Saturday and the swift running Hillsborough Canal 6 miles west of State Rd. 7 in Palm Beach County, despite the frantic efforts of other truckers to toss him a makeshift buoy. Foy Watson, who lived in an apartment at a N. State Rd. 7 truck stop, died when his loaded dump truck skidded off the narrow Hillsboro Rd. as he headed west from Deerfield Beach. Witnesses said the rock filled vehicle apparently hit a soft shoulder and went out of control down the steep canal bank. Watson's body was recovered at 11:30 a.m. By Ross Henderson, 31, Deerfield Beach-Pompano Beach funeral director, grappling from a search boat operated by Sam Curry, 42, of 1064 SW First Terr., Pompano Beach. Been Rastelli, 27, of 4843 SW 44th Terr., Fort Lauderdale, one of the first witnesses to scramble down the canal bank, said Watson somehow escaped from the truck and broke the water surface momentarily. "The truck was completely underwater," Rastelli said, "and then I saw his hand reach up for a minute." Rastelli said he threw a board towards Watson's outstretched hands but the victim disappeared without closing his fingers. Rastelli was driving one of the three dump trucks headed East a short distance from the spot where Watson's heavy vehicle careened off the rut pocketed gravel road. Pompano Beach lifeguards Paul Hurt and Phil Shiver rushed to the remote seen in the Pompano Beach Fire Department ambulance, dove repeatedly in a fruitless search for Watson. The truck, turned on its right side, was recovered and 15 to 20 feet of water. Deputy Sheriff John Berger brought grappling hooks from Fort Lauderdale and the body was recovered after a brief hunt, 3o feet from the point where the truck went in. Watson, a veteran of World War II, was employed by Russell W. Shaw, of 5841 Lincoln St., West Hollywood. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Dinah Watson of Prosperity, W. Va; two brothers, Paul and David, and two sisters, Mrs. Irene Rosenburom and Miss Alice Watson, all of West Virginia. on June 1, 1958.⁵

     David Lee Watson was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5250 Robert Centre Byrd Drive, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.² He was born on August 4, 1936 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia; His marriage certificate has a birth year of 1935.^2,7,4 He married Beulah Ann Thomas on July 26, 1968 at Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia.⁴ David Lee Watson died on January 1, 2009 at Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 72.^2,7

     George William Rosenbaum was buried at Green Acres Cemetery, Ermine, Letcher Co., Kentucky.² He was born on April 17, 1918 at Tams, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^2,3 He married Irene May Watson, daughter of Foy Willis Watson and Dinah Mae "Dina" Toliver, on February 10, 1941 at Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.^2,4 George William Rosenbaum died on April 3, 1982 at Whitesburg, Letcher Co., Kentucky, at age 63.^2,5

     Lena Lucille Rosenbaum was born on July 6, 1944 at Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.¹ As of February 24, 1968,her married name was Back.¹ She married Kelly Back on February 24, 1968 at Clintwood, Dickenson Co., Virginia.¹ Lena Lucille Rosenbaum died on October 17, 2013 at Letcher Co., Kentucky, at age 69.²