Richard Watts

On February 4, 2019 Richard (Ricky) Watts, beloved Son, Brother, Husband, Father and Friend, went home to be with our Lord at the age of 59. Ricky was born in Atlanta, GA, October 14, 1959, and grew up in the surrounding area. In 1972, at the age of 13, he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. On February 11, 1984, he married Kelli Middlebrooks and together they have three beautiful daughters, Mindy Watts Kline, Jamie Watts and Shelby Watts. He will be greatly missed by them (and their 6 family dogs), his mother, Margaret Killian, siblings Kathy DeWitt, Linda Bell, Amy Jennings, and Scott Killian, as well as many grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and the rest of the extended families. Ricky enjoyed many activities, including traveling, tinkering with classic cars, going to car shows, watching all the girls’ soccer games, tennis matches, FFA competitions or whatever they were doing!, watching Ghost Adventures with Jamie (because no one else would), helping friends and family with various home and car repairs – mostly his daughters, and touring the countryside trying all the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives featured on the Food Network Channel. Ricky was employed at TechnipFMC at the time of his passing. He worked tirelessly for the company and was widely respected for his tenacity and his knack for getting the job done no matter what. He enjoyed a long career in Engineering with several companies including Hayes, Compaq (Hewlett Packard) and finally FMC. We are deeply grateful for the many years we were all together and find it very difficult to imagine life without him here. However, Ricky has been reunited with his father, Fred Watts, and his son Michael Watts, whom he missed very much, and we KNOW that our goodbyes are temporary because of the promise of our Heavenly reunion with him! Any memorial donations in Ricky’s name to the American Heart Association would be deeply appreciated: (https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=donatenow_heart_alt&s_src) A GoFundMe account for Ricky can be accessed here: https://www.gofundme.com/ricky-watts-funeral-expenses?pc=em_db_co2876_v1&rcid=d310739c042e41fa8eaeaaee6ca03822

Richard Watts

October 14, 1959 - February 4, 2019