Getson Watson Obituary

Getson Danner Watson was born on October 1, 1965 to Jacob "Get" and Roslyn (Bunton) Watson of Panhandle, TX. He passed away at the age of 59 on June 13, 2025 at a hospital near his family's home in Monrovia, CA. He is deeply missed by his wife of 31 1/2 years, Lori; his two kids Callie (26) and Milly (22); his sister Inda [Kim] McAskill; his brother Shane [Jodie] Watson; his nieces and nephews; his in-laws; Mousse and Barstow (his dog and cat); and all who loved him.

Danner had a big heart and a big personality. He was an overachiever in school, winning awards in UIL One Act Play, Future Farmers of America (FFA), Band, and was elected student council president of Panhandle High School. He excelled at Texas Tech University, where he earned a Bachelors of Science in Food Technology from the College of Agriculture & Natural Sciences and made great memories with his brothers in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He met his beloved wife Lori while working in the quality assurance lab in an ice cream factory in California. He spent over 30 years working in food manufacturing in places such as Los Angeles, Owensboro (KY), Seattle, and Lubbock (TX). He was a caring, supportive, and fun coworker who paid great attention to detail. He was generous, loved God, and cared about serving others, values he passed to his kids. He was always full of interesting facts, stories, and sayings that he gladly shared with everyone he met. He was a writer, poet, storyteller, and a theatre kid through and through. He was a scholar of classic rock, folk, and country music, as well as a scholar of all things history. His dedication to following Texas Tech Football & Athletics and West Texas UIL High School Football & Basketball will continue to be rivaled by only a select few (including his own brother and his community on the Texas Tech Rivals Sports forum site). He loved to drink craft beer and share his favorite songs while barbecuing on the weekends with his family and pets. He loved big hikes, road trips, and would go on adventures just for the story. He loved Rocket, his golden Ford F-250 truck, whose legacy lives on after being traded in for Callie's Prius after 25 faithful years. He was proud of his two children who followed in his footsteps as creatives in their own right who both also graduated from programs at Texas Tech.

Danner had unknowingly been struggling with a heart issue for some time, but kept doing the things he loved until he wound up in the emergency room. He was able to watch Milly graduate from his hospital bed. He wrote a poem about his heart and his stay in the hospital two days before he passed that he shared with his family. We wish he was here to write his own obituary, as it would have been epic and sentimental in his classic style. Callie did her best to emulate him here.

A collection of Danner's music playlists and poetry will be published after his Celebration of Life. The celebration will be informal and will take place on July 12 at 1:00 PM at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Lubbock, TX.

We are proud to say that Danner was an organ donor. Some of his organs were recovered to help others, including parts of his big heart.

You can honor Danner's legacy by donating to Exceptional Minds (a nonprofit professional training academy for digital artists on the autism spectrum in Los Angeles, CA), the J. G. "Get" Watson Endowed Scholarship (Texas Tech University Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources), and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles.