Robert Bob Stephen Watson

Obituary: CONCORD, NC Robert Stephen "Bob" Watson, 65, died Thursday, January 5, 2012 at his home after a two year fight with cancer. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, at Whitley's Funeral Home Main Chapel, Kannapolis. The Rev. Richard Rhoades and Rev. Al Requelme, C.S.s.R will be officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial will be in Maine. Bob was born January 1, 1947 in Portland, Maine, the son of Madeline Conley Watson and the late Robert Franklin Watson. He was a graduate of Mon Valley Catholic High School. He later attended Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy having served on the USS Hancock aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War. He was an owner/operator of Bentleyville Telephone Company in Pennsylvania for thirty years. He then worked at Securus Technologies, Inc. until he retired. He was also a life member of the Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Dept. in Ellsworth, PA. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his loving wife, Andrea (Andy) L. Watson of the family home; his former wife, Carmelita G. Watson of Bentleyville, PA, and their three children, Babette M. Johnson of Cokeburg, PA, Robert J. Watson of Mount Pleasant, NC, and Stephanie J. Adamson and husband, Randy of Bentleyville, PA; two stepchildren, Kimberly L. Stilwill and husband, Michael of Cherryville, NC, and David E. Lanning and wife, Crystal of Angier, NC. Also surviving are nine grandchildren; Nathan Watson of Denora, PA, Cody and Sarah Adamson of Bentleyville, PA, and Allyson Johnson of Cokeburg, PA, Corey, Jordan, and Weston Raper of Concord, NC, Brandon and Cameron Lanning of Angier, NC.Due to travel arrangements, the family asks that memorials be made, in lieu of flowers, to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or Hospice of South Maine, 180 U.S. Route 1, #1, Scarborough, ME 04074. Online condolences may be left at www.whitleysfuneralhome.com or www.conroytully.com.
Visitation: 2:00 - 4:00 PM Sunday, January 8th Whitley's Funeral Home

Service: 4:00 PM Sunday, January 8th Whitley's Funeral Home Chapel

Interment: Pending