Robert Neal Watson

Robert Neal Watson, born to Henry Tolson Watson and Irene Watson (Howard) on June 21, 1954 at Cumberland Hospital. I was the fourth child with 3 older brothers Brian Michael (Oct. 7,1945), David Howard (Jul 18,1947) and Gary Tolson (Jan.4,1949). My younger sister Sherri Lynne was born Dec.13,1956. I always wondered if I was supposed to be one final try for a girl but my Mom said that wasn’t the case. I will talk about my parents and siblings at a later date. I think I had a pretty typical life growing up in a small town, except for the fact that my Dad was the school principal which had its advantages and disadvantages. I got a hard time on occasion from kids who had been disciplined by my Dad, who did all of the discipline in his schools, and we had our fence torn down once by unhappy students but because I was so involved in sports things were made much easier. The fact that my dad was the principal and had been such an outstanding athlete was something I was a...