Margaret Talbert Watson

Graveside service for Margaret Jennings Talbert Watson will be held Friday, November 13th at 2:00 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Churchyard. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at 3228 Girardeau Avenue.

Mrs. Watson, wife of Dr. R. Patten Watson, Jr., died Monday, November 9, 2026. Born June 9, 1926 in Greenwood, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late John Durst Talbert and the late Catherine Rebecca Moore Talbert. A graduate of Winthrop College, she received her Masters Degree in Education from the University of South Carolina. She was a long time member of the First Presbyterian Church, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of South Carolina, the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, the Columbia Ball, the Columbia Garden Club and a former member of the Columbia Junior League.

She is survived by her son, Richard Patten Watson III (Starlene); daughter Amelia Watson Usry; grandsons: Ira Powell Usry III (Ann); John Talbert Usry (Haleigh); Richard Patten Watson IV (Sarah); and Dargan Jackson Watson; great-granddaughter, Blair Lydia Usry; nieces and nephews: Amelia Wilson Craver Lewis; John Lesesne Wilson; Thomas Gray Wilson; Andrew Moore Wilson; Rebecca Talbert Fouché; Catherine Fouché Walker; and Heyward Hutchinson Fouché, Jr.

She was predeceased by her sisters, Mrs. John McLean Wilson (Amelia Talbert) of Darlington, South Carolina and Mrs. Heyward Hutchinson Fouché (Rebecca Talbert) of Columbia, South Carolina; her son-in-law Ira Powell Usry, Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to First Presbyterian Church, 1324 Marion Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201 or to the charity of one's choice.

Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family. Memories may be shared at www.dunbarfunerals.com