The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Freedom Harvest Worship Center, Leslie, Georgia. The Reverend Jesse Watts will officiate.
Please be mindful that we will adhere to all government recommendations and mandates to limit the number of attendees at all services at this time. We are limiting the number of attendees to no more than 10 at the funeral home chapel services and graveside services. We thank you for your understanding and patience during this time.
Mrs. Arthur Mae Watts Williams was born to the late Reverend Auther Watts and the late Mrs. Clara Mae Jackson Watts in Lee County, Georgia the 23rd Day of December, 1933. Being reared in Lee County, Georgia she was educated in the public school system of Lee County. At an early age she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and joined the band of Christian believers at the Saint John Baptist Church where she also acquired her Christian training.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Authur, Sr.; her brothers and sister, Auther Watts, Jr., and Sgt. James Oliver Watts, Cleveland Watts, and Barbara Davis; her brother-in-law, Floyd Deriso; and two nieces and nephew, Nikita Deriso, Shamona Davis, and Anthony Deriso.
She leaves a legacy of love and many fond memories to her sisters and caretaker, Pastor Dr. Georgia Watts Deriso and Mary Alice Watts (Ward) Wilson; her brothers and their spouses, Reverend and Mrs. Jessie Louise Watts, David Watts, Randy Walker, and Evangelist Anthony (LaShunda) Walker, Fayetteville, Georgia; sister-in-law, Doshia Watts; and a host of beloved nieces and nephews of whom she touched and help to rear, Alderica Swain Smith, Kelsey Deriso, Mark King, and Caleb Foster; and a host of beloved cousins and friends.