Dr. Mark Watson is a native of Ft. Payne, AL and graduated from Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1981. After practicing veterinary medicine in Alabama for a short time, he moved to Middlesboro in 1983 to work with Dr. C. C. Mickey at Bell County Animal Clinic.

Dr. Watson purchased Bell County Animal Clinic from Dr. & Mrs. Mickey in 1990. He and his wife have raised their family here for over 40 years and say they feel very much at home in the mountains of southeast Kentucky.