Amanda Watson

Amanda Louise Watson, 83 of Stone Mountain, Georgia transitioned on December 8, 2023, at A.G. Rhodes Wesley Woods in Atlanta, Georgia.
She was born on April 19, 1940, to Albert Townsend and Amanda Thomas Townsend in Bennettsville, South Carolina. She attended Marlboro County High School Class of 1958, in Bennettsville, South Carolina. After graduating from high school, she attended and graduated from Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina Class of 1962. Her major was Elementary Education and she participated in YWCA, SNEA, and YTC.
Her first teaching job was in Metro Nashville Public Schools System (9 years) in Nashville, Tennessee. After her tenure as a teacher in Nashville, Tennessee, she relocated to Trenton, New Jersey in 1971. She worked as a part-time beautician with her sister at Hettie's Beauty Salon. She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church where she participated in the Hospitality and Usher ministries, and she sang in The Women's Day Choir. Also, she was a 20-year member of Lady Ruth Chapter #12 of Eastern Stars. She retired from Trenton Public Schools System (Grant Elementary School) in Trenton, NJ after 31 years. She relocated to Lawrenceville, Georgia and worked for Gwinnett County Public Schools System for 4 years.
She married the late Alexander Watson on December 26, 1962, and they had two children, Ondra Watson and Aleksandra Hoagland.
Amanda was preceded in death by her parents, Albert Townsend and Amanda Thomas Townsend; her ex-husband, Alexander Watson; a brother, Albert Lee Townsend, Jr.; and two sisters, Thomasina Theodore Purvis and Rachel Townsend.
Amanda is survived by two daughters, Aleksandra Hoagland and Antaysha Watson; two sons, Ondra Watson (Charlene) and Tayshawn Watson; a stepson, Darryl Myles (Rhonda); her grandchildren: Kiera Wade (Parris), Tiffany Hodges (Donald), Giovanna Watson, Camden Smith, Jordan Day Watson, Tashanique Purnell, Victoria Fair, Jacqueline Fair, De'Avian Watson, Jade Day Watson, Ondra Watson Jr; her sisters, Hettie Mae McCall, Willa Peguese and Catherine Gregg; her brothers, Perry Townsend, Leroy Townsend (Nortrell); a family friend, Willie Smith; her extended family, Lisha Woods and family; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.