{"id":385055,"date":"2026-04-06T18:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385055\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:08:12","slug":"robert-alexander-alex-watson-greenfields-convoy-and-formerly-milltown-convoy-co-donegal-highland-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/385055\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Alexander (Alex) Watson, Greenfields, Convoy, and formerly Milltown, Convoy, Co. Donegal &#8211; Highland Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-451878 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Obit-Template-2026-04-06T173154.772-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"341\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The death has occurred at the Donegal Hospice of Robert Alexander (Alex) Watson, Greenfields, Convoy, and formerly Milltown, Convoy, Co. Donegal.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved dad to Bruce (Clare), Sarah (Chris), Matthew (E\u00edmear), Kenda (Adam), Elaine, Adam and Nathan.<\/p>\n<p>Treasured grandad to Gr\u00e1inne, Fionn, Kayla, Alannah, Albie and Sophie. Deeply missed by his brother Willie, his sister Ruth, and by all his extended family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Alex was predeceased by his parents William and Margaret (Peggy), and by his brothers Sam and Stephen.<\/p>\n<p>Deep are the memories, Precious they stay;<\/p>\n<p>No passing of time, Can take them away.<\/p>\n<p>Alex will repose at Kelly\u2019s Funeral Home, Oakfield, Raphoe, F93 KP0N, from:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 7th April, from 5pm to 9pm<br \/>\nWednesday 8th April, from 5pm to 9pm<\/p>\n<p>A Service of Thanksgiving will take place on Thursday 9th April at 2pm in Kelly\u2019s Funeral Home, Oakfield, Raphoe, followed by burial in the family plot at St. Ninian\u2019s Parish Church Graveyard, Convoy.<\/p>\n<p>Family flowers only, please.<\/p>\n<p>Donations in lieu, if desired, to The Donegal Hospice, c\/o any family member or Kelly\u2019s Funeral Directors, Oakfield, Raphoe.<\/p>\n<p>Those wishing to leave messages of condolence for the family may do so below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The death has occurred at the Donegal Hospice of Robert Alexander (Alex) Watson, Greenfields, Convoy, and formerly Milltown,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-385055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}