Ike Watts, 96, of Cisco, Texas, entered into eternal rest peacefully on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
Ike was born in Rising Star, Texas, on May 22, 1927, to Marion Forrest Watts and Clara Etta Dill Watts. Ike attended schools in Baird, Kermit, and Cisco. He married Emma Lou Huber of Cisco on May 5, 1957, at Fort Bliss Military Base in El Paso, Texas, and enjoyed nearly 60 years of marriage together.
In July of 1942, Ike enlisted in the United States Navy and was sent to San Diego, California, and then on to the Pacific Theater in WWII. Upon his Honorable Discharge from the US Navy on July 23, 1946, he returned home to Cisco and held numerous jobs that included working in the oil field, driving a fruit and vegetable truck, and working over 20 years at Cisco Junior College. Ike also worked as a union pipefitter in major power and nuclear power plants, Chemical Plants and Fuel Depots for the Department of Defense, all over the United States, and retired in 1992.
