Eric "Opie" Watt
1963 — 2022
Eric "Opie" Watt was born on July 10,1963, and passed on July 8th, 2022, at the age of 58. Opie was born in Sarasota, Florida but grew up in Farragut, Tennessee with his siblings Rachel, Janee, and Chuck, under the loving care of his parents, Bob and Betty Watt. Opie enlisted in the Air Force shortly after graduating high school and spent the next 22 years traveling the world. His career as a Flight Engineer led him to Charleston, South Carolina where he fell in love with his wife, Sonya. They married in 1990 and raised two boys, Jacob and Jackson, who have since followed in their father's footsteps to military service. After retiring from the military in 2004, Opie moved on to the private...