Cleon WATTS

     Cleon WATTS, son of William Lewis WATTS and Minnie Lee GILLILAND, was born on 19 October 1906 in Brookwood, Alabama.¹

Cleon WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 15 April 1910, in the household of Lewis WATTS and Minnie Lee GILLILAND in Parsons Precinct 12, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.²

Cleon WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 8 January 1920, in the household of William Lewis WATTS and Dock Beavers in Parson Precinct, Tuscaloosa County.³

Cleon began military service at age 19 on 12 February 1926 as a private in the headquarters troop of the 6th Cavalry, US Army. He appeared on a roster for the 6th's band at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Cleon married Laura Alice Burkhart on 30 November 1928 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.¹

Cleon WATTS and Laura Alice Burkhart appeared on a census enumerated 4 April 1930 at 950 North Fourth Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. They were rooming with Emma Claggett, 45, from Maine, her year-old daughter, and two female roomers, Annalee Rush and Macill McCoy, both 20. Emma and the two girls worked in a winding mill. Cleon was listed as a 23-year-old insurance manager and Laura, his wife, was 19. They had been married one year. Cleon was a veteran.

Cleon WATTS and Laura Alice Burkhart appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 April 1940 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. The household was listed as Cleon Watts, a 33-year-old insurance salesman, Laura Watts, his 29-year-old wife, and daughters Dorla Dean, 8; Norma J., 7; Phyllis A., 4; and sons, Benjamin, 2; and Larry M. Watts, 3 months. They lived at 3814 Chandler Avenue.

1942 Cleon WATTS was living at 3814 Chandler Avenue in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Cleon WATTS was a corporal in the Tennessee State Police in 1949.

Cleon WATTS died on 19 May 1971 in Hamilton County, Tennessee, at age 64.¹ He was buried on 24 May 1971 in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.