A graveside service for Charles Milton Watts, 99, of Harleton, Texas will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Center Cemetery in Harleton, Texas.

Charles was born on March 7, 1924, in Harleton, Texas to Charlie Lunsford Watts and Nettie White Watts and passed away on October 15, 2023, in Longview, Texas.

He lived in Marion County at Lake O'the Pines most of his life before moving to Longview and residing at Highland Pines Nursing Home. He was a member of Lone Oak Baptist Church and an inactive member of Ashland Masonic Lodge. He wrote poetry and recited at different events including colleges and universities. Through the years he was on several episodes of Bob Phillips Texas Country Reporter. He wrote and self-published a paperback book, Poet O' The Pines, along with his great nephew and wife, Taylor and Lindsay Watts, which contained poems and narrative.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Nettie Watts; wife, Marilyn Watts; sister, Geraldine Allen; brother, Perry D. Watts; sons, Brent Watts and Phillip Watts; great grandson, Colton Hall and son-in-law, Wilkie R. "Mickey" Blake.

He is survived by his daughter, Marilyn Sue Watts Blake; daughter-in-law, Wanda Watts Harrison; grandchildren, Cheryl Blake Hall and husband, Steve, Bart Blake, Rhone Watts and wife, Dana and Carol Watts Beauchamp and husband, Shayne and great grandchildren, Corey Hall, Jared Blake, Ashlee Blake, Haley Blake, Shelbie Watts, Jessica Watts, Leslie Watts and Thomas Garrett Beauchamp along with numerous nieces, nephews and other family and friends.