TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for WATTS, BARBARA (SMITH)    

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Dec. 3 to Dec. 4, 2013

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WATTS, BARBARA (SMITH)  

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Barbara Smith Watts, 52, a native of Columbia and longtime resident of Morgan 
City, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center 
after a courageous battle with breast cancer. 

A time of remembrance and reflection will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at 
Hargrave Funeral Home in Morgan City. 
Visitation will resume from 11 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at Nichols 
Funeral Home in Haleyville, Ala. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. at the 
funeral home 

with Barbara being laid to rest in the Winston Memorial Cemetery in Haleyville, 
Ala. 

Barbara leaves to cherish her memory her husband, David Watts, of Morgan City; 
mother, Barbara Smith, of Columbia; and brothers, James Smith, of Monroe, and 
Charles Smith, of Columbia. 

She joins in heaven her brother, Ernest Smith; grandmother, Audi Wise; and her 
father. 

Barbara was a graduate of Nicholls State University, where she graduated Summa 
Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting. After graduation, 
she soon obtained her Certified Public Accountant license and later on obtained 
the credential of Certified Fraud Examiner. 
Her hard work and focus led her to become a Shareholder in the CPA firm of 
Darnall, Sikes, Gardes and Frederick where she served as Director in charge of 
the Firm's Audit Committee. At DSGF she will remain as a great source of 
inspiration to all of her co-workers who were also her friends. Every morning 
she stepped into the office she addressed each person with a smile and 
greeting, wanting to know how everyone and everyone's family was doing. Her 
adoration and care for the team at the firm was always expressed by her, even 
when she had to be out of the office and facing her own struggles. Barbara's 
love of the CPA profession also had her performing many roles outside of her 
firm, which included serving as President of the South Central Chapter of the 
Louisiana Society of Certified Public Accountants, as a Member of the Nicholls 
State University Accounting Advisory Board and as Treasurer of the St. Mary 
Chamber of Commerce. She also was very active in numerous other professional 
and civic activities and organizations. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Barbara's name to St. 
Jude's Children's Hospital. 

Hargrave Funeral Home in Morgan City is in charge of arrangements. 

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