He was born on February 19, 1951 to Woodrow and Annie Watts in Loris, South Carolina. Bill worked for Comcast for 21 years. He was a coach in little league baseball and Pop warner football. He was also president of the West Nassau Band booster for several years. His greatest passion was being a volunteer Firefighter. He volunteered for 28 years starting with Gray Gables VFD and ending with Callahan VFD, where he was chief for the last 14 years. During his time with the fire department he was very instrumental in recruiting many to volunteer that went on to make it a career to serve. Over the years he also helped raise money for the MDA through fill the boot drives. Thousands of dollars were raised each year for MDA research.
Bill was preceded in death by his mother Annie, Father Woody, and his three brothers Larry, Charles, and Paul. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years Kathy Watts: daughter Jamie Kuches of Callahan: Sons Bill (Wendy) Watts of Jacksonville and Sean (Erin) Watts of St Johns County; sister Ellen Vasquez and Seven grandchildren Esther, William, Lily, Christopher, Joel, Jonathan, and Chase.
Family will be receiving visitors on Thursday June 17th at Hardage-Giddens Funeral home located at 7242 Normandy Blvd from 5-7 pm. His funeral service will be the next day June 18th at noon.
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