Alma Lee Watts

Alma Lee Oliver Watts, 92, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2011. Funeral services will be at 10 AM, Saturday, August 6 at Northside Church of Christ in Temple, Texas. Roger Weems will officiate the memorial service and Darrell Knight will lead the graveside service at Pleasant View Cemetery in Troy. Alma was born March 16, 1919 in Holland, Texas to Richard Newton Oliver and Ethyl Maude Webb Oliver. She attended school at Sunshine and Little Flock communities. The Oliver family moved to Temple in 1927. Alma moved to Texas City in 1935 where she continued to live for 48 years. She took a job at a café where her employer nicknamed her Jackie because he did not like the name Alma. The name Jackie stuck so most knew her as Jackie Watts and later as Lee Watts. She went to business school in Galveston and worked for Moody Bank as a teller. She then worked for Monsanto chemical plant as a lab analyst and later in the lab at the Texas City Tin Smelter. After WWII, she reunited with childhood friend, A.O. Watts and they were married on September 14, 1946. They continued to live in Texas City where they brought up their children. Upon retirement, they moved back to the Temple area in 1983. Alma and A.O. were faithful members of the Church of Christ in Texas City, Troy and the Northside congregation in Temple for many decades. In May of 2006 they moved to the Dallas area to spend the later years of their life with their two children. Alma was predeceased by her parents, husband A.O. of 63 years, six brothers, and one sister. She is survived by one brother, Billy Joe Oliver of Temple; daughter, Rev. Dr. Donna Falk of Richardson; son, James Watts of Garland; granddaughter, Shannon Watts Harmon and spouse Lt. Col. Mike Harmon of Montgomery, Alabama; granddaughter, Dorian Falk of Richardson, grandson, Dillon Falk of Chicago, Illinois; great-grandsons Michael Thomas Harmon and Max Edward Harmon of Montgomery, Alabama. Flowers may be sent to the church or memoriam to the Benevolent Center's Love of Christ Ministry, 2000 Airport Dr., Temple, Texas 76504.