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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Jeanette Smith Watts
Jeanette Smith
Watts
April 14, 1943 – September 11, 2017
Jeanette Smith Watts' Obituary
Graveside services for Jeanette Smith Watts will be on Thursday, September 14, 2017, at Matthew's Chapel United Methodist Church in Wesson, MS, at 12:00 PM. Bro. Mark Allen will be officiating the services with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be at Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) on Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM.
Mrs. Watts, 74, of Wesson, MS, passed from this life on Monday, September 11, 2017, at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born on April 14, 1943 in Copiah County, MS, to Virgil T. and Nell Smith Smith. Mrs. Watts had a gift of teaching elementary school. She retired from teaching in 1995 from Wesson School District. She had a master's degree in Education from Mississippi College.
Family, church and community were most important to her. She was a lifelong member of Sweetwater Methodist Church, where she taught Adult Sunday School faithfully. She was the organizer, the spokesperson and the "go to" person when something needed to be done at the church. She was also an active member of the Barlow Methodist Women's Group and the Adult Bible Study at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Virgil T. and Nell Smith Smith; and her beloved sister, Betty Kathren Smith Butler.
Survivors are her husband of 53 years, Ronny Watts; sons, Brad Watts and wife Wendy of Wesson, MS, and Blake Watts and wife Christina of Wesson, MS; sister, Bobby June Smith Jones of Hazlehurst, MS; four of her greatest joys in her life – her grandchildren, Will and Whitney Watts, and Avery Anna and Collin Watts; nephews, Vann Jones and wife Robbin, Craig Jones and wife Melissa, and Neill Jones and their families; and a host of family and friends.
Pallbearers are Van Jones, Craig Jones, Neill Jones, Marty Jones, and Micah Jones.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Jenny Jo Pepper and the staff of Hospice Ministries.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Mrs. Watts' name may be made to Sweetwater Methodist Church Building Fund, PO Box 3657, Brookhaven, MS 39603; or St. Jude Medical Center, PO Box 9221, Sylmar, CA 91342-3577.
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Funeral Services for Jeanette Smith Watts
Visitation
September
14
Brookhaven Funeral Home
9:00 - 11:00 am
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