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Hester Lee “Lela Mae” <I>Black</I> Watts

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Hester Lee “Lela Mae” Black Watts

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Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Jul 1988 (aged 90)
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
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Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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July 16, 1988
Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina · Page 20

Lela Watts WEAVERVILLE - Lela Black Watts, 90, 416 Brokland Avenue, Hendersonville, formerly of Weaverville, died Friday in a Tryon nursing home. A native and resident of Buncombe County for a number of years, she had lived in Knoxville and Morristown, Tenn., for several years. She was a daughter of the late CP. and Mary Garrison Black and the wife of the late Lester Watts Sr. Surviving are three sons, Lester Watts Jr. of Raleigh, Billy B. Watts of Hendersonville, and John A. Watts of Kingston, Tenn.; three sisters, Edna and Edith Rogers of Weaverville, and Ida Hunter of Greenville, S.C.; two brothers, Caryl and Will Black of Weaverville; seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Clark's Chapel Cemetery. The Rev. Greg Dickens will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Clark's Chapel Methodist Church building fund. West Funeral Home, Weaverville, is in charge of arrangements.

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July 16, 1988
Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina · Page 20

Lela Watts WEAVERVILLE - Lela Black Watts, 90, 416 Brokland Avenue, Hendersonville, formerly of Weaverville, died Friday in a Tryon nursing home. A native and resident of Buncombe County for a number of years, she had lived in Knoxville and Morristown, Tenn., for several years. She was a daughter of the late CP. and Mary Garrison Black and the wife of the late Lester Watts Sr. Surviving are three sons, Lester Watts Jr. of Raleigh, Billy B. Watts of Hendersonville, and John A. Watts of Kingston, Tenn.; three sisters, Edna and Edith Rogers of Weaverville, and Ida Hunter of Greenville, S.C.; two brothers, Caryl and Will Black of Weaverville; seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Clark's Chapel Cemetery. The Rev. Greg Dickens will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Clark's Chapel Methodist Church building fund. West Funeral Home, Weaverville, is in charge of arrangements.

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Contributor: Lanie (47381115)

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  • Maintained by: Janice Black
  • Originally Created by: Tommy Wilson
  • Added: Mar 5, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106250002/hester_lee-watts: accessed ), memorial page for Hester Lee “Lela Mae” Black Watts (19 Dec 1897–15 Jul 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106250002, citing Clark's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Weaverville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Janice Black (contributor 47696201).