CAMERON & WATTS OBITS Shared by Myrtle Bridges April 21, 2018
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.), 12 Dec. 1918 John Watts. Death is at all times sad, but especially when one is cut down in the strength of young manhood. The Reaper appeared at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Cameron in Rockinham, on Friday morning, Dec. 6th, and claimed the life of John Watts. Mr. Watts came to this home Thanksgiving Day, and becoming ill his condition steadily grew serious, until pneumonia developed on the following Tuesday, and the end came three days later. The remains were carried to Laurins, S.C., Friday night, and interred there Saturday afternoon. In the funeral party going from here were his sife, Judge R.C. Watts, Miss Courtney Watts, Mrs. T.L. McRae and Mr. J.D. Cameron. Mr. Watts was 26 years old and a son of Judge R.C. Watts of Cheraw. He was married last April 30th to Miss Lucy Fowlkes, of this city. This young couple was preparing to go to housekeeping near Cheraw within a few days, and the broken home and untimely death is a source of grief to their many friends. Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.), 06 Feb. 1919 Mr. J.D. Cameron was called to Lancaster, S.C., Saturday by the death of his mother, Mrs. Agnes Jane Cameron, where she had been for some time with her daughter, Mrs. T. E. Funderburk. The remains were brought to Laurinburg Sunday and interred there Monday. Mrs. Cameron was 77 years of age and was the widow of the late Archie Cameron, who died seven years ago. Mrs. Cameron was the mother of five children, three of whom are living; One daughter, Mrs. T.E. Funderburk, of Lancaster, S.C., and two sons, Mr. J.D. Cameron of Rockingham, and Mac Cameron of Laurinburg. Two sons, both passing away in young manhood, died before her. They were Will Cameron, whose death occurred in 1899, and Walter Cameron, who died in 1914. Besides the three children there are surviving one sister, Mrs. Wiley Dawkins, of Richmond county; a half sister, Mrs. Frank Bryce, of Charlotte, and five grand-children.
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