Sandra Jean Watts passed away peacefully on Aug. 28, 2020 among her friends and caregivers at Featherstone Retirement Center in Durant, Okla. After a debilitating three-year battle with leukemia, she has gone to her eternal home in heaven with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Sandra was born Nov. 5, 1952 in Durant, Okla. where she lived the last 40 years of her life. She graduated from East Central High School in Tulsa, Okla. in 1971. Sandy attended Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Tenn.; Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla. and graduated from Southeastern State University in Durant, Okla.
Sandy worked as a home-care assistant for a number of years, as well as a cook in a nursing home and in the cafeteria at Southeastern State University. She enjoyed carving and creating festive fruit and vegetable arrangements.
Sandy is preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Betty Wells.
She is survived by her son, Jack Nathan Watts of Durant, Okla.; grandchildren, Jackson and Presley; brothers, Steven Wells and wife Martha of Katy, Texas; David Wells and wife Peggy of Owasso, Okla. and many extended family members and friends.
The funeral service for Sandy will be held Sept. 5, 2020 at Brown’s Funeral Services, 4900 W Hwy 70 in Durant, Oklahoma. Family visitation will be at 1 pm followed by the service at 2 pm. Interment will take place at Highland Cemetery in Durant, Okla. following the service.
The family wishes to thank the great staff at Featherstone Retirement Center where Sandy received loving and constant care during the last three years of her life on earth.Donations may be made in memory of Sandra J. Watts to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at https://www.lls.org