Watts, Johnnie

Funeral services for Johnnie Watts, 79, of Longview, 
will be 2 p.m. Monday, January 15, 2007, at Rader 
Funeral Home Chapel in Longview, with Mattie Thompson 
officiating. Entombment will follow at Rosewood Park 
Cemetery. The family will greet friends at the funeral 
home from 6 to 8 p.m. today. Mr. Watts was born June 
30, 1927, in Dallas, Texas, to Marie and Johnnie R. 
Watts, who preceded him in death. Johnnie graduated 
from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas and attended 
Southern Methodist University. He served his country 
during World War II in the U.S. Navy. An avid pilot, he 
enjoyed vacations, cruise ships and church activities. 
He was a member of Mobberly Baptist Church and the Prime 
Time Sunday school class. A real estate investment 
broker, he had many South Longview holdings and retired 
December 2005, after 50 years due to his health. Johnnie 
is survived by his wife of 26 years, Juanita; children, 
Kim of Austin, Kevin of Livingston and Melodie of 
Beckville; granddaughters, Johnnie Elaine Watts of 
Texarkana, Texas, and Jillian Doss of Gladewater; stepson, 
Bill Davidson and wife, Dayna, of Hallsville; stepdaughter, 
Cindy Keith of Diana; and stepgrandsons, Adam and Austin 
Davidson of Hallsville and Hunter Sandlin of Diana. A 
memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 1/14/2007.