Joann E. Watts

Joann Russell Watts, 81, passed away at home on Sunday March 16, 2008, after a five year battle with Parkinsons Disease. Joann was born January 4, 1927, in Huntington, WV. She was the daughter of the late Guy W. and Lora Grubb Russell. Joann was employed by the Huntington Store for 39 years, and retired when the store closed in the spring of 1982. She was a member of the Central United Methodist Church, the Big Green Scholarship Club, the Marshall University Foundation and the Marshall Alumni Association. She graduated from Huntington High School, class of 1945, and served on the class reunion committee for several years. She also served as a volunteer in the credit union movement when her husband was an officer in the VA Credit Union. Joann is survived by her husband of 62 years, Charles J. Joe Watts of Huntington. She is also survived by a daughter and her husband Judy and Ken Bolt of Cincinnati, Ohio and a son and his wife, Kenneth R. and Barbara Ann Watts of Parkersburg, WV. She leaves three grandchildren, Kerry Bolt, Kristen and Husband Nick Nanavati of Cincinnati, Ohio and Jodi and husband John Rahal of St. Louis, Missouri. She also had six great grandchildren Kiante, Kayleigh and Siera Nanavati, and Jack, Grace and Caroline Rahal of St. Louis, MO. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 am Wednesday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Rev. Luana Cook Scott. Burial will follow in Woodmere Memorial Park, Huntington. Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm Tuesday at the Reger Funeral Home.