Watts, James Benton

Graveside services for James Benton Watts, 79, of Kilgore, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, 
October 6, 2007, at Lakeview Memorial Gardens, with Lewis Meider officiating. Arrangements 
are by Rader Funeral Home of Longview.

Mr. Watts died Wednesday, October 3, 2007, in Longview.

He was born March 30, 1928, in Norphlet, Arkansas, to Benton and Belmont Cochran Watts. 
He had lived in Kilgore for most of his life and was a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. 
Watts was a U.S. Navy Yeoman Third Class during World War II. He was a loving and devoted 
son, brother, and uncle.

Mr. Watts was preceded in death by his parents; and his sister, Helen Marie Watts.

Survivors include his sisters, Gerry Strahan and husband, Howard of Houston, Bennie Brown 
and husband, Ron of Longview, and Pat Watts of Kilgore; his nephew, Kevin Wayne Brown of 
Cordova, Tennessee; his niece, Karen Lynn Morris and husband, John of Denton; and his 
great-niece, Hannah Grace Morris of Denton.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/5/2007.