Myrtle Davis Watts
April 11, 1914 ~ December 20, 2013
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Myrtle Davis Watts, 99, died Friday, December 20, 2013.
Mrs. Watts was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Oscar R. and Maude Mann Davis. She was married to the late Rev. Floyd Watts and was also preceded in death by a daughter, Virginia Lou Watts, a grandson, Kenneth Davis; sisters, Betty Lou Davis, Lucy Green, Gladys Howell and Mabry Davis; and brothers, Norman, Ray, Fred and Troy Davis.
She was a member of Grace Freewill Baptist Church in Haywood County and more recently attended Mountain View Freewill Baptist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Gail Davis (Neil) and Elizabeth O'Kelley (Bill); a son, the Rev. Austin Watts (Lou); eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Austin Watts and the Rev. Marvin Watts officiating. Interment will follow at Piney Mountain United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Flowers will be appreciated or memorials may be made to Hominy Valley Independent Church, PO Box 1957, Candler, NC 28715.
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Granny – we will miss you until we see you again in heaven.
Austin and family, we are praying for you and your family. Our love goes out to all of you. From Ricky, Janice, Katie, and Matt Cook.
Preacher Austin, thinking about you at this time…….Dale Helton (past member of the Foundation Quartet)
So sorry for your loss! Praying God’s peace and comfort during the days ahead.
Liz and Family: thinking of you with sympathy and prayers in the passing of your mother. May God’s love surround you at this time.
Thinking and praying for you in the passing of your mother. God’s grace and peace in the days to come.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this sad
time. May God’s peace and confort surround you.
Austin,keeping you in my prayers during this time. Your
brother and friend, Ed Moore
Liz and family, My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. I have thought of you and your family often. Mary Brown