Marilyn Watts

Funeral services for Mrs. Marilyn Ray Watts, age 87 of Cookeville, will be held Sunday, January 17 at 1 p.m. in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with Rev. Harold Walker officiating. Interment will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 5-8 p.m. and again on Sunday from 11:00 till service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Watts died suddenly Wednesday evening January 13, 2016 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born March 8, 1928 in Putnam County, Tennessee to the late James Blaine and Florence Lambert Ray. Mrs. Watts was a member of Shipley United Methodist Church and a retired associate of Teledyne-Stillman. She loved cooking, flowers, and the Tennessee Titans. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Tom Watts; daughter, Susan Horn; sisters, Virginia Watts and Doris Murphy; and brothers, Kenneth Ray, and James Blaine "Junior" Ray. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Phillip and Belinda Watts of Trumann, AR, Mark "Puggs" and Donna Watts of Cookeville and son-in-law, Mike Horn; grandchildren, Brandon (fiancée Tiffany) Watts, Cassie Williams, Buffy Allen, Ashley Horn and Wade Horn; four-great grandchildren, Allie, Aiden, Westen, and Madison; EXTRA SPECIAL NEPHEW, Davis Watts, special friend and neighbor, Jerry Bradford, and special friends, Dan Verble and Kay Lane. Honorary Pallbearers will be Davis Watts and Jerry Bradford. Active Pallbearers will be Mike Horn, Wade Horn, Mike Ray, Nickey Ray, Brandon Watts, Jimmy Murphy, Dan Verble, and Mike Leftwich. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931) 526-6111.