Hazel Tunstead Watson

WATSON, Hazel Tunstead, 89, born in Orange, N.J., went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on December 28, 2008. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Leslie Watson from East Texas. She and her husband served as missionaries to Japan for 36 years. She is survived by her daughter, Elisabeth Watson Ward and husband, Charles; and her son, David Leslie Watson, all of Glen Allen, Va.; her brothers, Jack Tunstead of Whippany, N.J., and Tom Tunstead of Lake Hopatcong, N.J.; four grandchildren, Deborah Ward Tharrington and her husband, Rod, Anna Ward Bennett and her husband, Sidney, Aaron Watson and Luke Watson; and three great-grandchildren, Emma, Grace and Molly Tharrington. She was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U.S. Navy from 1941-45 as a WAVE at the Naval Hospital at Quantico, Va. She was active in the Woman's Missionary Union in Japan and the U.S.A. She was involved in Christian ministries through Biltmore Baptist Church and Dover Baptist Association. A memorial service will be held at Biltmore Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 4, 2009, with burial at Quantico National Cemetery the following day. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the WMU of Virginia, P.O. Box 8435, Richmond, Va. 23226.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.