In Memoriam: John Watts, 1951-2019

The Cadence Bank executive is remembered as the 'dean of commercial banking' in Tampa.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:00 a.m. May 3, 2019
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The Tampa Bay banking sector lost a towering figure, in more ways than one, April 18 when John Watts, executive vice president of commercial banking for Cadence Bank’s Florida division, died unexpectedly at age 67.

Watts joined Birmingham, Ala.-based Cadence Bank in 2012 following nearly 25 years with Wells Fargo. He began his banking career in 1975 at Exchange Bank, in his hometown of Haines City, Polk County.