Raymond Banks Watts, age 88 of Whiteville, North Carolina

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Worthington Funeral Home - Chadbourn
405 Strawberry Blvd
Chadbourn, NC

RAYMOND WATTS OBITUARY
Raymond Banks Watts, age 88 of Whiteville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, with his family by his side.
Banks was born on December 31, 1934, to the late Empie B. Watts and Lola Mae Dow Watts. In addition to his parents, Banks was also preceded in death by his step-mother, Agnes Watts; his wife of 64 years, Ruby Lee Nealey Watts; his son, Ricky Banks Watts; great-granddaughter, Ruby Rose Nobles; siblings, Everett "Tug" Watts, Hazel Etheridge, Maxine Lewis, and Fred C. Watts.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, February 20, 2023, at Western Prong Baptist Church, with Pastor Ronnie Wilson and Pastor Kevin Kinlaw officiating. Entombment with full military honors will follow in the Whiteville Memorial Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2023, at Worthington Funeral Home in Chadbourn.
Banks honorably retired as a Command Sergeant Major (CSM) from the US Army, after serving for 42 years, 5 months, and 4 days, retiring in 1995. Banks was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Army of Occupation (Germany), National Defense Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Reserve Commendation Medal. He was a local businessman, owning several businesses in Whiteville. He was a founding member of the Whiteville Rescue, as well as serving on the Whiteville Police Auxiliary for many years. Banks was a former deacon of New Hope Baptist Church and a current member of Western Prong Baptist Church.
Banks leaves behind his daughter, Candy Watts Ward and husband, Keith of Whiteville; daughter-in-law, Helen Britt Watts of Delco; six grandchildren, Brent Watts and wife, Jennifer, Leslie Watts Strickland and husband, Jeremy, Kayla Ward Nobles and husband, David, Emily Ward Dozier and husband, Josh, Ricky Colton Watts, and Riley Banks Watts; great-grandchildren, Owen Strickland, Briggs Watts, Maddie Strickland, Banks Watts, Hudson Dozier, and Laney Nobles; and a special family friend, Peggy Williamson.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Veterans Memorial Park of America, Inc...PO Box 2046, Whiteville, NC 28472.
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