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Date Published: October 3, 2009 at death- he had additional grandchildren- who are their parents? and great-grandchildrenjkh
EDWARD B. WATTS
MAYESVILLE -- Edward B. "Junior" Watts, 77, husband of Ruby Hopkins Watts, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2009, at a local nursing facility.
Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Edmund B. Sr. and Annie Bell Robinson Watts. Mr. Watts was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church and was a retired farmer. He was a Sumter County volunteer firefighter for 37 years with Dabbs Station No. 19 and served as captain for 25 years. He was the founding member of the Sportsman's Hunting Club and served in numerous farm organizations.
Survivors include his wife of Mayesville; three children, Ray Watts (Billie Jean) of Mayesville, Gayle Watts of Sumter and Donnie Watts (Traci) of Lynchburg; five grandchildren, Richie Brogdon, Johnny Watts, Ashley Welch (Lance), Gracen Watts and Dalton Watts; four great-grandchildren, Hunter Brogdon, Ansley Welch, Cayden Brogdon and Caroline Welch; two brothers, John Milton Watts of Laurens and Wyman Watts of Mayesville; seven sisters, Lorena Nesbitt of Lynchburg, Mildred Green of Turbeville, Gladys Buddin of Turbeville, Elma Prescott of Sumter, Sara Belle Hendrix of Tony, Ala., Libby Moore of Olanta and Patty Auburn of Kokomo, Ind.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Richard Dan Watts; and five brothers, Leroy Watts, Robert Watts, James Watts, Othel Watts and Franklin Watts.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Salem Black River Presbyterian Church with the Rev. John Bauknight and the Rev. John Bolin officiating. Burial will be in the Salem Black River Presbyterian Church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Sumter Fire Department and members of the Sportsman's Hunting Club.
Memorials may be made to the Salem Black River Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Sally Nash Wilson, 81 Nash St., Sumter, SC 29150; or to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, NY 10008-0780.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. www.ecsfunerals.com [10] |
1932 - 2009 (77 years)
