James William WATTS

     James William WATTS, son of Crathon Levert WATTS and Essie Ray Kornegay, was born on 9 April 1939 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

James William WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 24 April 1940, in the household of his parents Crathon Levert WATTS and Essie Ray Kornegay in James, Bibb County, Alabama. William was one year old. He was buried in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Hagler, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

James William WATTS died on 2 November 2017 in Duncanville, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 78.¹

His obituary appeared 4 November 2017 in the Tuscaloosa News, published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. DUNCANVILLE - James William Watts, age 78, of Duncanville, Ala., passed away November 2, 2017 at home. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, November 6, 2017, at Liberty Baptist Church with Bro. Mitch Grissett and Josh Garner officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Memory Chapel Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in the Legacy Room from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, November 5, 2017. The body will lie in state from one hour prior to services at the church. Survivors include wife, Yvonne Watts; sons, Dale Watts (Debbie) of Brent, Eddie Watts and Cory Watts; daughter, Ginger Huffman (Devin) of Duncanville; grandchildren, Ava and Beau Huffman and Josh and Jake Garner; sisters, Mildred Randolph and Carolyn Johnson; and brother, Earl Watts (Ruth). Pallbearers will be his nephews. Honorary pallbearers are friends and neighbors of the Hagler community, Hagler Volunteer Fire Department, Journey Hospice Home Health and Dr. John S. Warren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Liberty Baptist Church or the Hagler Volunteer Fire Department.