Ronald "Ronnie" Watterson

DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA

Ronald Andrew "Ronnie" Watterson

Ronald Andrew Watterson, 82, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on November 25, 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, NC. Born October 30, 1943 in Grover, NC, he was the son of the late George Andrew and Ella Faye Bohelor Watterson. After graduating high school, Ronnie served his country honorably with the US Army in the Vietnam War. Upon his return, Ronnie began a long and fruitful career at Milliken & Company, formerly known as Magnolia Finishing Plant, in Blacksburg, SC, where he worked 42 years until his retirement. He was a member of VFW Post 9811 and American Legion Post 155, where he assisted with Veterans Services. Ronnie was very involved in his community, always trying to help where he could and where it was most needed.

Ronnie was a car guy, but he enjoyed tinkering with anything that had a motor. He also had a prolific green thumb, cultivating beautiful gardens and healthy trees. He could take a cutting, a sapling, or a seed and grow just about anything.

More important than anything else to Ronnie was his family. He spent 50 years as a devoted husband to his wife Linda, and is remembered as a loving father and a dedicated grandfather. He was a good man who always tried to do the best for everybody he met. To know Ronnie was to love him, and those who did will cherish their memories of this wonderful man.

SURVIVORS: Wife of 48 years: Linda Nivens Watterson

Children: Robert Jones of Lexington, SC, Lisa McDonald of Cherryville, NC, Travis Andrew Watterson (Shannon) of Gastonia, NC, and Tammy Roland (Jeff) of Lexington, SC

Sisters: Betty Spears (Dean) of Kings Mountain, Peggy Fite (Paul) of Cherry, NC, and Nancy Robbs (Eddie) of Kings Mountain

Grandchildren: Zackery Jones, Rachel Jones, Jeffrey Foster (Melissa), Johnathan Dixon, Brandon Dixon (Nicole), Shelby Proctor, and Madison Padgett

Ronnie is also survived by 12 beloved great-grandchildren

FUNERAL SERVICE: Friday, November 28, 2025 at 1:00 P.M. in the Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel with Rev. Eddie Gray officiating

VISITATION: Friday, November 28, 2025, prior to the service from 12:00 to 12:50 P.M. in the Parlor of Harris Funeral Home

INTERMENT: Grover Cemetery, Grover, North Carolina

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ARRANGEMENTS: HARRIS FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA