McMinnville resident and Charleston S.C., native Jerry Bennett Watson, 70, died May 9 at NHC Healthcare after a sudden illness. A mail clerk with the Tennessee Department of Revenue and a member of First United Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Thomas J. and Lillie Ruth Floyd Watson. He is survived by his brother, Thomas C. Watson of Brentwood; niece, Susan W. (Wesley) Peck of Mt.