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Flora Evelina <I>Lindsey</I> Watts

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Flora Evelina Lindsey Watts

Birth
Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
26 Nov 1952 (aged 74)
Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section D Row 13
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Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the First Methodist church in Wagoner for Mrs. Flora J. Watts, wife of Charles G. Watts, pioneer attorney, who died after a two weeks illness.
Mrs. Watts, 74, lifelong Oklahoman, had been a resident of Wagoner since 1906, and was active in club work for a great many years.
She became suddenly ill at her home while getting ready to attend a Federated Club tea and was rushed to a Muskogee hospital. She rallied slightly, but took a turn for the worse Tuesday night. She died Wednesday night, November 26, 1952.
Burial was made in Elmwood Cemetery under the direction of Hersman Funeral Home.
Mrs. Watts was born near Chouteau and attended Scarritt College, Neosho, Missouri, and the University of Chicago. She formerly taught in the Indian Seminary at Tahlequah.
Active in club work in Wagoner, she was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, past president of the Arts and Crafts Club, chairman of the Americanism committee of the sixth district Federated Women's Clubs, and a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons; Clyde J. Watts, Oklahoma City attorney, and Gordon Watts, Tulsa attorney; a sister, Virginia Lindsey, an instructor at Northeastern A. And M. at Miami; and a brother Gordon Lindsey of Chouteau, and five grandchildren.
Obituary provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider

Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at the First Methodist church in Wagoner for Mrs. Flora J. Watts, wife of Charles G. Watts, pioneer attorney, who died after a two weeks illness.
Mrs. Watts, 74, lifelong Oklahoman, had been a resident of Wagoner since 1906, and was active in club work for a great many years.
She became suddenly ill at her home while getting ready to attend a Federated Club tea and was rushed to a Muskogee hospital. She rallied slightly, but took a turn for the worse Tuesday night. She died Wednesday night, November 26, 1952.
Burial was made in Elmwood Cemetery under the direction of Hersman Funeral Home.
Mrs. Watts was born near Chouteau and attended Scarritt College, Neosho, Missouri, and the University of Chicago. She formerly taught in the Indian Seminary at Tahlequah.
Active in club work in Wagoner, she was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, past president of the Arts and Crafts Club, chairman of the Americanism committee of the sixth district Federated Women's Clubs, and a member of the Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons; Clyde J. Watts, Oklahoma City attorney, and Gordon Watts, Tulsa attorney; a sister, Virginia Lindsey, an instructor at Northeastern A. And M. at Miami; and a brother Gordon Lindsey of Chouteau, and five grandchildren.
Obituary provided by Charlotte Stevens Schneider



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