Linda Diane(Benoche) Watts

Linda Diane (Benoche) Watts
Linda Diane (Benoche) Watts

October 25, 1957 ~ June 1, 2021 (age 63)

Linda Diane Benoche Watts, age 63, of Tabor City, died Tuesday, June 1, 2021 in her home. Born October 25, 1957 in Newport New, VA, she was the daughter of the late John “Billy” William and Esther Haywood Benoche and the widow of Roger Dale Watts. She is survived by her son: Roger Dale Watts, Jr and his wife Heather of Clarendon; her daughter: Angela Watts Tompkins and her husband Tony of Tabor City; three grandchildren: Heather Duncan and her husband Cory, Blake Soles, and Collin Milligan; her brother: Ronnie Benoche of FL and her sisters: Kathy Stieh and her husband Al of VA and Tammy Galley Skaggs and her husband Harold of VA. In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by her sister: Barbara Watts and her brother: William Benoche.

Visitation will be held Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the Inman Ward Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM in the Inman Ward Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Carolina Baptist Church Cemetery.

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