Editing Doc Watson (section)

==Personal life==
In 1947, Watson married Rosa Lee Carlton, the daughter of popular fiddle player [[Gaither Carlton]]. The couple had two children, [[Merle Watson|Eddy Merle]] (named after country music legends [[Eddy Arnold]] and [[Merle Travis]]) in 1949 and Nancy Ellen in 1951.<ref name="Kaufman" />
[[File:Docwatson-fls.jpg|thumb|left|Watson's last performance, 2012]]

On April 29, 2012, Watson performed with the [[Nashville Bluegrass Band]] on the Creekside Stage at MerleFest. It was an annual tradition for Watson to join the Nashville Bluegrass Band for a gospel set on the festival's Sunday morning. It would be his final performance.

On May 21, 2012, Watson fell at his home. He was not seriously injured in the fall, but an underlying medical condition prompted surgery on his colon.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goblueridge.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16053:doc-watson-dead-at-89&catid=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601030717/http://www.goblueridge.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16053:doc-watson-dead-at-89&catid=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 1, 2012|title=Doc Watson Dead at 89|work=GoBlueRidge.net – High Country News, Weather and Bulletins|publisher=High County Adventures|date=May 29, 2012|access-date=May 29, 2012}}</ref> Watson died on May 29, 2012, at [[Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/230442/217/Bluegrass-Legend-Doc-Watson-Dies|title=Doc Watson Bluegrass Legend Dies at 89 in Winston-Salem|date=May 29, 2012|work=WFMY News 2|access-date=May 30, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705080310/http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/230442/217/Bluegrass-Legend-Doc-Watson-Dies|archive-date=July 5, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> of complications following the surgery at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Benjy Eisen |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/folk-pioneer-doc-watson-dead-at-89-20120529 |title=Folk Pioneer Doc Watson Dead at 89 &#124; Music News |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 29, 2012 |access-date=2014-07-12 |archive-date=September 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903030547/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/folk-pioneer-doc-watson-dead-at-89-20120529 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is buried in the Merle and Doc Watson Memorial Cemetery, Deep Gap with his wife and son.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilson |first=Scott |author-link= |date=August 19, 2016 |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|publisher=McFarland |page=792}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journalpatriot.com/news/rosa-lee-watson-remembered-for-influence-on-merlefest/article_15c0dbdc-37fb-11e2-83c4-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Rosa Lee Watson remembered for influence on MerleFest|date=November 26, 2012|website=journalpatriot}}</ref>