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William Eugene "Gene" Watts

24 Jul 1875 – 23 Apr 1955

Birth24 Jul 1875
Death23 Apr 1955
CemeteryMurray City Cemetery
Murray , Salt Lake County , Utah , USA
Added byAnonymus on 29 Nov 2021
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William Eugene (Gene) Watts Born: July 24, 1875 Murray, Utah Died: April 1950, Murray, Utah Father: George C. Watts Mother Rebecca Bawden From Murray Eagle, 1955-04-29 Friends Pay Final Tribute at Rights for Gene Watts, 79 Final tribute was paid Tuesday afternoon to William Eugene (Gene) Watts, 79, who died last Saturday at his residence, 6127 So. State St., after an illness. Mr. Watts, well known and respected in many Murray circles for many years, was a retired farmer and formerly a fieldman for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. Mr. Watts was the father of Mrs. Thomas (LaVern) Parmley, Salt Lake City, president of the general board of the LDS Church Primary Assn.; Stanley H. (Stan) Watts, Provo, Brigham Young University basketball coach; Lt. Col. Maurice L. (Nick) Watts, Salt Lake City, assistant adjutant general of the Utah National Guard; Cloris Watts, MNurray, an execurtive of the American Smelting and Refinging Co.; Blain Watts, Midvale, ore buyer for the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co.; Denzil Watts, Murray, founder of Watts Floral and Nursery and an assayer for U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co.; Merlin Watts, Salt Lake City, U.S. Potal Service employee at the Salt Lake airport; John P. Watts, Murray, also affiliated with the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co.; Mrs. Blain (June) jensen, Murray, and Mrs. Emmerson C. (Beryl) Neff, Arthur, Nev. Also surviving are 41 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, two half-brothers and a half-sister; George C. Watts, Glendale, Calif.; Powell Watts, Kemmerer, Wyo., and Mrs. Matilda Cahoon, Austin Nev. A native of Murray, Mr. Watts was born July 24, 1875, a son of George C. and Rebecca Bawden Watts. He married Gertrude Park on Nov. 10, 1897, in Salt Lake City, The marriage later was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Officiating at the services was Leslie John Fredrikson, bishop of the Murray Seventh ward, where the services were conducted. The program included: Prelude and poslude organ music. Mrs. Evelyn H. Weech; invocation, Joseph D. Blain; vocal solo, "In the Garden," Howard Mosher, accompanied by Mrs. Connie Mosher; speaker, Phillip T. Bateman; speaker, Pres. John D. Hill; vilin solo, "One Fleeting Hour", Clifton Alsop and accompanied by Mrs. Weech; speaker, Pres. J. Ephraim Whlquist; sprano solo, "Softly and Tenderly", Rhea Nelson, accompanied by Mrs. Weech; remarks, Bishop Fredrickson; tenor solo, "The Lord's Prayer", Jacob P. Burton Jr., accompanied by Mrs. Weech; benediction, Bishop McLloyd Killpack. Burial was in the Murray City cemetery where the grave as dedicated by Pres. Blaine Watts. Members of the Seventh ward Relief Society cared for the many flowers. Pallbearers were six of Mr. Watts' sons, Denzil, Cloris, John, Merlin, Maurice and Stan. Funeral directors wer W. Douglas Allen and Vaughn C. Soffe of the Jenkins Mortuary, 48760 So. State St.

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