Richard Lee Watson

RICHARD LEE WATSON, AGED 73, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 31, 2026 SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY. BORN ON JULY 10, 1952 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA TO ARTHUR AND MARION WATSON, WAS A MAN OF IMMENSE KINDNESS, SHARP WIT, AND QUIET STRENGTH. HE SPENT HIS CAREER AS A U.S. ARMY SOLDIER, BUT HIS TRUE LIFE'S WORK WAS HIS FAMILY. AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "GRAMPY" HE WAS HAPPIEST WHEN HE WAS TRAVELLING WITH HIS WIFE, LOLA BECKY OR WHEN HE'S WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS A MASTER STORYTELLER WHO COULD CAPTIVATE A ROOM WITH TALES OF HISTORY AND HIS LIFE STORIES. GRAMPY IS SURVIVED BY BECKY "LOLA" WATSON; HIS CHILDREN CRAIG & HEIDI WATSON, SON AND DAUGHTER-IN- LAW, ALAN LYON & MICHELLE WATSON; HIS GRANDCHILDREN ALEI, YUMI, CHARLOTTE, LUCY, LUNA, ISLA AND KEANU; AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND DEAR FRIENDS. "I LEAVE THE GIFT OF PEACE WITH YOU-MY PEACE. NOT THE KIND OF FRAGILE PEACE GIVEN BY THE WORLD, BUT MY PERFECT PEACE. DON'T YIELD TO FEAR OR BE TROUBLED IN YOUR HEARTS-INSTEAD, BE COURAGEOUS! - JOHN 14:27.