Edith Bryant Watts

1920 - 2015

La Jolla Long time La Jolla resident, Edie Bryant Watts, died September 22, 2015, in her apartment at the Casa de Maana. She, along with her late husband Robert C. Watts, were active members of the La Jolla community for many years. She was born in Greenville, South Carolina, graduated from Ashley Hall in Charleston and attended Hollins College in Roanoke, VA.They were married at St. James by the Sea Episcopal Church three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor and returned to La Jolla after the war to raise their family. She was an active member and past president of Las Patronas, served on the board of Scripps Memorial Hospital and served twenty years as a volunteer there, the Altar Guild at St. James and Meals on Wheels. Upon the death of her husband she became a successful real estate agent at the Willis M Allen Company. Later in life she was an active volunteer to San Diego Hospice until she was no longer comfortable with the drive and became an indispensible part of the volunteer family at the Ark Antiques for Animal Charities on Girard Avenue. She was predeceased by her husband, Bob, and many Cairn terriers all named Megan or Dugan. She is survived by her three children, Gale of Camden, ME, Candy (Douglas) Waldron of Santa Ynez, CA, and Robert (Susan) Watts of Escondido, CA; five grandchildren, Alison Bryant (Aaron Napoleon) of Vermont, Rand (Hillary) Waldron of Virginia, Meagan Waldron of Santa Ynez, Ashley (Michael) Blankier of Los Angeles, and Alexis Watts of Brooklyn, NY; and four great-grandchildren.She lived a long, giving life and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Her children want to especially thank all the wonderful staff at the Casa de Maana who did so much to make her comfortable the last years of her life. We also thank her special friends, Linda Strauss, Karen Speidel and Rae Merhar, who were her local daughters these last years. At her request, there will be no services but remembrances may be made in her memory to her favorite charity, Ark Antiques for Animal Charities, La Jolla. Please sign the guest book online at legacy.com/obituaries/ lajollalight . Edith Bryant Watts October 1920 - September 2015