Born Jan. 26, 1927 in Gallipolis, son of the late Harold Watts and Coell Jividen Wetherholt, he was a 1944 graduate of Gallia Academy High School and a 1950 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. After serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, he was associated with the Gallipolis Daily Tribune in1950-54. Since 1954, he has owned and operated the French City Press in Gallipolis.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the Rio Grande Community College Board of Trustees, and was a two-term president and representative in the Ohio Association of Community Colleges and recipient of the Founders Award. In addition, he was a past president of the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Morning Dawn F& AM Lodge 7, Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus, Aladdin Temple, Columbus, the Gallipolis Shrine Club, the Gallipolis Parks Board, American Legion Lafayette Post 27, the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels, the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, and a former member, past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Gallipolis Rotary Club.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the Rio Grande Community College Board of Trustees, and was a two-term president and representative in the Ohio Association of Community Colleges and recipient of the Founders Award. In addition, he was a past president of the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Morning Dawn F& AM Lodge 7, Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus, Aladdin Temple, Columbus, the Gallipolis Shrine Club, the Gallipolis Parks Board, American Legion Lafayette Post 27, the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels, the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, and a former member, past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Gallipolis Rotary Club.
Born Jan. 26, 1927 in Gallipolis, son of the late Harold Watts and Coell Jividen Wetherholt, he was a 1944 graduate of Gallia Academy High School and a 1950 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. After serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, he was associated with the Gallipolis Daily Tribune in1950-54. Since 1954, he has owned and operated the French City Press in Gallipolis.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the Rio Grande Community College Board of Trustees, and was a two-term president and representative in the Ohio Association of Community Colleges and recipient of the Founders Award. In addition, he was a past president of the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Morning Dawn F& AM Lodge 7, Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus, Aladdin Temple, Columbus, the Gallipolis Shrine Club, the Gallipolis Parks Board, American Legion Lafayette Post 27, the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels, the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, and a former member, past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Gallipolis Rotary Club.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the Rio Grande Community College Board of Trustees, and was a two-term president and representative in the Ohio Association of Community Colleges and recipient of the Founders Award. In addition, he was a past president of the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Morning Dawn F& AM Lodge 7, Scottish Rite, Valley of Columbus, Aladdin Temple, Columbus, the Gallipolis Shrine Club, the Gallipolis Parks Board, American Legion Lafayette Post 27, the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels, the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, and a former member, past president and Paul Harris Fellow of the Gallipolis Rotary Club.
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