Submitted by: Dan Rich

Charles L. Watson Jr.

Sept. 6, 1943 - July 12, 1995

South Bend Tribune 7/13/1995

SOUTH BEND - Charles L. ''Chuck'' Watson Jr., 51, of West Gatehouse Drive, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Hospital after an illness. Mr. Watson was owner/operator of several Hot 'N Now restaurant franchises, was the former owner/operator of several area McDonald's restaurants and was the owner of the Distillery Liquor Store. He was born Sept. 6, 1943, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in South Bend for 34 years.

On Sept. 11, 1965, in South Bend, he married Ann C. Price. She survives with a daughter, Rebecca A. Watson of South Bend; six sons, Christopher C. of Lafayette, Ind., Michael T. of Miamisburg, Ohio, Gregory J. of Charleston, S.C., Charles M. of South Bend, Casey R. of Bloomington, Ind., and Matthew J. of West Lafayette, Ind.; his parents, Katherine (Jill) and Charles L. Watson Sr. of Homosassa, Fla.; a sister, Jill Watson of Tallahassee, Fla.; and a brother, Kevin of Mobile, Ala. He was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and Notre Dame University Club.

Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the church. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Hickey Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road, where a parish rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Women's Care Center or the church memorial fund.