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.

 

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