Eris Hortense MELLETTE

1923 - 2013  (89 years)

• Name	Eris Hortense MELLETTE  [1]
  Birth	1 Mar 1923	Turbeville, Clarendon County, South Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Female
  HIST	Hortense Mellette Watts Hortense Watts WEST COLUMBIA - Funeral service for Hortense Mellette Watts, 89, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 6, 2013, at First Baptist Church of Gaston, officiated by Reverends Dr. Larry Harrison, Jerry Arnold and Johnny Baker. Interment will follow in First Baptist Church of Gaston Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Watts, Teddy Boldt, Joe Watts, Bobby Watts, Hank Watts and Josh Watts. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. Mrs. Watts passed away Thursday, January 3, 2013. Born in Turbeville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Russell Tillman Mellette and Gertrude DuBose Mellette. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Gaston. Surviving are her daughter, Janice Boldt (Ted) of Gaston; sons, Tyrone Watts (June) of Gaston, Bud Watts (Lindy) of West Columbia and Earl Watts (Linda) of Gaston; sister-in-law, Mary Mellette; nine grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Mrs. Watts was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Homer T. Watts; sister, Norma Baggott and brother, Ray Mellette. Family and friends may sign the on-line guest book at: www.thompsonsfuneral.com. Published in The State on January 5, 2013  [1]
  _UID	68EF7C062AE44F15B3B292A47F3778405415
  Death	3 Jan 2013
  Burial	6 Jan 2013	First Baptist Church of Gaston Cemetery, Gaston, South Carolina
  	Thompson Funeral Home, Lexington, South Carolina
  Person ID	I100202	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Russell Tillman MELLETTE,   b. 11 Apr 1880, Turbeville, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 13 Aug 1958, Cayce, South Carolina (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Clarice Gertrude DUBOSE,   b. 5 Jun 1896, Turbeville, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 29 Oct 1983, Gaston, Lexington County, South Carolina (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1905	Turbeville, Clarendon County, South Carolina   [3]
  _UID	7E2E3D8A8CF147ECBC89C635DACF9FB863FE
  _UID	7E2E3D8A8CF147ECBC89C635DACF9FB863FE
  Family ID	F69378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Homer Tyrone WATTS,   b. 1917   d. Abt 1988 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1940	Lexington, South Carolina   [2]
  _UID	8807931CBA3D420A9F6993E5CDBDAFD40E03
  _UID	8807931CBA3D420A9F6993E5CDBDAFD40E03
  Children	1. Janice WATTS   2. Tyrone WATTS   3. Bud WATTS   4. Earl WATTS
  Family ID	F69382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S19023] Hortense Mellette Watts. [S2374] Interview Shirley Cockerill. [S582] Laura Gibbons Hersperger, (McNaughton-Gunn, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106), page 203.