THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, December 24, 1995 TAG: 9512240191
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 46 lines
Teresa Cecelia Bailey Watts, 87, of 5521 Berryhill Road, gently entered into eternal rest on Dec. 21, 1995, in her home.
She was the daughter of the late Dr. Josiah Bailey and Nietta Cecelia Jordan Bailey, and was a native and lifelong resident of Norfolk. She was educated at John T. West Elementary School as a child, and graduated from St. Joseph's Catholic High School in 1926. She played C Melody saxophone in St. Joseph's High School Marching Band, which was selected to play in the first Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. She attended Hampton Institute where she majored in home economics, but left to marry her high school sweetheart, the late Robert L. Watts Sr. She was a faithful member of St. Basilica of St. Mary's of the Immaculate Conception where she was a past member of the Women's Club. She was also a past resident of Lambert's Point. She was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Josiah and Nietta Cecelia Jordan Bailey; her husband, Robert L. Watts Sr.; her son, Robert L. Watts Jr.; a sister, Gertrude M. Lacey; and two brothers, Reginald M. Bailey and Eugene F. Bailey.
Survivors include four daughters, Jean D. Whidbee of Greensboro, N.C., Ann W. King of Norfolk, Teresa C. Brickhouse of Norfolk and Angela W. Leary of Virginia Beach; three sons, Clarence A. Watts Sr. of Norfolk, Eugene F. Watts of Greensboro and John B. Watts of Hampton; three sons-in-law, Hamilton B. King of Norfolk, Leland Brickhouse of Norfolk and Ronald L. Leary Sr. of Norfolk; two daughters-in-law, Sara Watts of Norfolk and Glenda Watts of Hampton; 38 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; five nephews; eight nieces; a first cousin, Bertha J. Jones; and a host of grandnieces, grandnephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
A Christian Mass will be held at Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception at noon Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1995. A Rosary service will be held Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1995, at 6 p.m. at Riddick Funeral Home, Norfolk. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. The family will receive visitors and friends at the home of Ann W. King, 5521 Berryhill Road, Norfolk. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
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