A Habit of Dying
“She had died in 2006, eleven years after her husband James. In the week while Lydia waited for the certificates and the vital information they might reveal, she revisited the newspaper archive at the local studies centre near the Westgate. She could see no reference to the marriage, even though she diligently checked through the announcement columns for April, May and June 1992. Susan’s passing was similarly unremarked by the press. The death of James Watson, however, had attracted a couple of ...fascinating column inches on March 17th 1995.
‘Sudden Death of Local Builder – James Watson (74), former head of the Oxford building company Watson Homes, died suddenly at his home in Cumnor on Tuesday night from what is believed to have been a heart attack. His wife Susan (42) was with him. Mr Watson started his company immediately after WWII and prospered during the post-war building boom. He retired and sold the company soon after marrying in 1992. Funeral arrangements will be announced following a post mortem.’ As she read this, Stephen’s words came back to her – ‘particularly unfortunate’ he had said, but Lydia wondered if she may also have been particularly fortunate.MoreLess
‘Sudden Death of Local Builder – James Watson (74), former head of the Oxford building company Watson Homes, died suddenly at his home in Cumnor on Tuesday night from what is believed to have been a heart attack. His wife Susan (42) was with him. Mr Watson started his company immediately after WWII and prospered during the post-war building boom. He retired and sold the company soon after marrying in 1992. Funeral arrangements will be announced following a post mortem.’ As she read this, Stephen’s words came back to her – ‘particularly unfortunate’ he had said, but Lydia wondered if she may also have been particularly fortunate.MoreLess
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