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Ed Watts
1944 - 2025
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1944
DIED
2025
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Nov. 7, 2025
1:00 p.m.
Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc. - Sallisaw
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Dec. 15, 1944 – Nov. 2, 2025
Funeral services for Ed Watts, 80, of Sallisaw, will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, at the Agent Mallory-Martin Chapel in Sallisaw.
Burial will be at Peters Cemetery in Sallisaw under the direction of Agent Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
Mr. Watts was born on Dec. 15, 1944, in Seven Oaks to Dale Watts and Ada Maudene (Parsons) Watts. He died on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Fort Smith, Ark.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and a former heavy equipment operator for Sequoyah County District 3.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon (Moore) Watts of the home; one daughter, Debra James of Sallisaw; sons, John Beasley of Cunningham, Ky., Doug Bethel of Vian and Scott Bethel, Nathan Beasley and Jason Bethel all of Sallisaw; two sisters, Barbara Hunt of Sallisaw and Dale Lynn Vaughn of Midway Tenn.; son-in-law, Mike Smoke of Sallisaw; 19 grandchildren; and other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Linda (Rhoades) Watts; one daughter, Julie Smoke; his parents; one brother, Bobby Joe Watts; and two sisters, Alta Kay Parsons and Ann Looper.
Viewing will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Funeral Home in Sallisaw. The family will greet from 6 to 8 p.m.
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