Jim Watford

December 9, 2020

Mr. James Harvey “Jim” Watford, age 96, passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. He was surrounded by his loving family. The funeral ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at the Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow at Unity Cemetery. Born in Fort Mill, Mr. Watford was the youngest and last surviving child of the late Alexander and Josephine Alexander Watford. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. While at home on leave he met the love of his life, Becky Hope and married her in March of 1946. Mr. Watford worked as a loom fixer in the White Plant then started his own construction company in 1970, Watford Home Improvement. Jim was a devoted life-long member of the Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene. Surviving are two daughters, Sally Hunter (Wayne) of Fort Mill and Susie Wilson (Rick) of Maryville, Tenn.; three grandchildren, Rusty Hunter, Jodi Roberts (Jon), and Jed Wilson (Kristen); and seven great-grandchildren, Cole Hunter (Kelly), Mason Hunter, Haileigh Wilhelm, Sam Roberts, and Hagen, Holden, and Ruthie Jane Wilson; and his great-great-granddaughter, Ella Hunter. He was preceded in death by his wife Becky of “74 good years” (2020), his sisters, Annie W. Spinks, Carrie W. Walker, Lula W. Spinks, Minnie W. Hammond, Jessie W. Simmons, Lib W. Robinson, Ruth W. Fite, and Vermelle W. Honeycutt; his brother, Floyd Watford; and grandson, Ricky Hunter (1998); and great-granddaughter, Emma Roberts (2008). Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, December 11, 2020 at the Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Community Care, P.O. Box 993, Rock Hill, SC 29731; or to the Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene, 109 Harris St., Fort Mill, SC 29715. The family wishes to thank the staff of Hospice & Community Care for their professional and compassionate care and Lorie Collins for her love and care for the past six months.