Thomas Warren “Tommie” WATTS^[1]

1955 - 2020  (64 years)

• Name	Thomas Warren “Tommie” WATTS  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	10 Nov 1955	Sumter, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	of Garden City Beach, South Carolina of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina THOMAS WARREN WATTS Posted Saturday, February 29, 2020 6:00 am On Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, Thomas "Tommie" Warren Watts, husband of Cynthia Russell Watts, passed away at the age of 64. Tommie was born on Nov. 10, 1955, in Sumter, to the late Stone Warren Watts and Caleen Skipper Watts. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Sumter and an associate member of Belin Memorial United Methodist Church of Murrells Inlet. He was a 1973 graduate of Wilson Hall School and attended Wofford College, where he played baseball. Tommie owned and operated Watts Inc. for 30 years, before retiring in 2009 and relocating to Garden City Beach. On Feb. 28, 1976, he married Cynthia Renee Russell. He is survived by his wife, Cindy; two wonderful children, Joshua Thomas Watts (Amy) of Mount Pleasant and a daughter, Jennifer Watts Jones (Todd) of Sumter. Also surviving are four precious grandchildren, Lydia McKay and Vivian Stone Watts, and Warren Rhett and Gracyn Laneigh Jones. Tommie had a passion for history, golf and baseball. He enjoyed a good nap and a "laid back" lifestyle. In addition to his parents, Tommie was preceded in death by his brother, James Benson "Bennie" Watts; and a son, Matthew Benson Watts. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall in Sumter and other times at the home of his daughter, 510 Vivian Road. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, Sumter. Burial will follow at Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bill Wright, Danny Hughes, James Williams, Jimmy Sampson, Jeremy Beben and Frasier Saunders. Memorials may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), 1122 Lady St., Suite 640, Columbia, SC 29201. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.  [6, 7, 8]
  Reference Number	4960
  _UID	EA7E013469CC4CF2889236596C11A21EF662
  Death	27 Feb 2020
  Burial	3 Mar 2020	Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [8]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I28408	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Stone Warren WATTS,   b. 17 Jan 1927, Florence, South Carolina d. 8 Jun 2001, Providence Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Ruby Caleen “Caleen” SKIPPER,   b. 5 Nov 1930, Empire, Blakely County, Georgia d. 14 Mar 2017, at her home in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1952	Darlington, South Carolina
  _UID	E042BD1EB30041DBBA002CC4E6F06E31EB7C
  _UID	E042BD1EB30041DBBA002CC4E6F06E31EB7C
  Family ID	F19981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Matthew Benson WATTS,   b. 14 May 1981, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 14 May 1981, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 0 years)   3. Living
  Family ID	F19986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2020

  
  

• Notes

  of Dalzell, South Carolina [4, 9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S31875] John Allen Russell. [S68] Cochran Gedcom File. [S3385] Wilcenski-Watts. [S5081] Dorothy W. Hilton-Kroft. [S5494] Watts-Finlayson. [S14680] Watts-Jones. [S24999] Caleen S. Watts. [S27545] Thomas Warren Watts. [S623] Obit for Stone W. Watts.