Elizabeth (Libba) Flemming Watson

Southern Pines NC

Elizabeth (Libba) Flemming Watson 91 passed away February 12, 2016 in Pinehurst, NC near Southern Pines where she resided.

She was born in Greenwood, SC to Alice Rice and Thomas Willard Flemming.  She grew up in Sumter, SC, and graduated from Furman University in 3 years. 

She married John Clarence Watson, Jr. in 1947, with whom she spent more than 65 years in marriage.  They lived in Boston, Albemarle, Kinston, Elizabethtown and Monroe before moving to Southern Pines.  She was a school teacher in Monroe and Pinehurst and office assistant at Weymouth Woods, Sandhills Nature Preserve in Southern Pines, an activity she loved so much.  Her other favorite activities were bird watching, walking 3+ miles a day helping to keep the roads of Highland Trails and Southern Pines clear of trash, as well as managing American Red Cross blood drives as a volunteer.

Her husband, John C. Watson, Jr., her sister Jeannette F. Fink of Orangeburg, SC and her brother, William Rice Flemming of Sprint Hill, FL predeceased her. Surviving are sons, Lawrence Flemming Watson of Washington, DC and Wayne Elliott Watson and partner Nancy Peterson of Chapel Hill, daughter, Carol Watson Pivor and husband Mitchell Pivor of Dover, NH, and grandchildren, Ryan and Andrea Watson of Chico, CA and Alicia Pivor of Dover, NH.

A memorial service will be conducted at the Penick Village Chapel at 10:00am Thursday, February 18, 2016.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her memory to Penick Village Foundation, PO Box 2001, Southern Pines, NC 28388-2001, The Nature Conservancy, 4245 North Fairfax Drive #100, Arlington, VA 22203-1606, or by donating to the American Red Cross Blood Drive.

Powell Funeral Home and Crematory is assisting the family

Online condolences at: www.PinesFunerals.com.