FREDRICK WATSON, AGE 87, PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 24, 2026, IN SYLMAR, CALIFORNIA AFTER LIVING A LONG AND FULL LIFE. HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 25, 1938, IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, AND WAS THE FATHER OF TWO SONS, RODERICK AND SHAWN WATSON; ROD WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON SHAWN, ALONG WITH DAUGHTER-IN-LAW JENNIFER GOMEZ-WATSON, AND GRANDCHILDREN JOHNATHAN AND AANESA WATSON.

FRED WAS A MAN WHO VALUED HIS FAMILY, WORK ETHIC AND HUMOR. HE FOUND JOY IN PLAYING GOLF AND NEVER MISSED A MOMENT TO CHEER ON HIS BELOVED SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. HE LIVED LIFE ON HIS OWN TERMS AND FOUND MEANING IN THE EVERYDAY MOMENTS. HE WAS ONCE MARRIED TO DOROTHY; THEY SHARED A CHAPTER OF LIFE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAMILY OF WATSON'S HE LEAVES BEHIND.