Angela Watson

Angela Lorelei Watson was born on June 23, 1958, in Salinas, Kansas to Elsie Mae Allen and Thomas L. McGill. She was their first born and first daughter. She is survived by her father Thomas L. McGill; her sisters, Sherrie L. McNearney and Pamela M. Duncan. She moved to Greeneville in the early 1990s and met her life partner, Jerry Lyn Fanon. Together they built a life of happy times and enjoyed the love of Jerry’s two daughters, Shelley and Crystal as well as Jerry’s grandchildren, Nicholas and Ariana. Prior to moving to Tennessee, Angela was a Kentuckian, through and through. She attended high school in Versailles, KY, and it was there that she lost her mother, Elsie and her brother Bruce W. McGill.

Angela had a varied work history, working at Texas Instruments and Sylvania in Versailles. She thought she had found her calling in the world of photography when she worked at a locally owned photo and camera store in Lexington, Kentucky. Little did Angela know that her true calling would come in the form of compassion and care.

When Angela first moved to Greeneville, she worked for Greene Valley Developmental Center where she loved and pampered her clients as if they were her own family. Angela loved to laugh with them and to help them achieve quality lives. After leaving Greene Valley, she worked for Huf-North America Automotive where she continued quality work with people who became her friends for life. However, Angela soon returned to her true calling. She began working for group community homes throughout the region and found in her clients a humanity and passion for living that many overlook. During that time, she pursued and gained her Certified Nursing Assistant, an achievement of which she was extremely proud.

Angela was a dog lover and a people person. She loved to have fun, to laugh, and to talk to perfect strangers. The old saying, “she never met a stranger” isn’t just wasted breath where Angela was concerned. She talked to people of all ages and all walks of life, giving them the attention and humanity that everyone deserves. When telling people of Angela’s passing, the most often cited trait was her contagious laughter.

Her smile, her laughter, her true concern for people will be sorely missed. But memories of Angela will carry on in those who knew and loved her. When wind chimes sound, they will remind us of that infectious laugh, and we will smile, knowing that each of us is a better person for having known Angela Lorelei Watson.