Jessica Sunshine Watts Sowards Hively
(March 30, 1978 - August 18, 2012)

Jessica Sunshine Watts Sowards Hively, 34, of Chesapeake, Ohio, passed away Saturday August 18, 2012 after a long battle with breast cancer. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Tuesday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Pastor Darren Powell. Burial will follow in Whitt Cemetery, Argillite, KY. She was born March 30, 1978 in Fayetteville, NC, and grew up in Huntington, WV, a daughter of Ronald Edward Watts and Wyvetta LeMaster Watts. She was a retail manager. In addition to her parents survivors include her husband Rick Hively; stepmother Mary Anne Watts; daughter Alyssa Sowards; two brothers Robert E. (Whitney) Watts, MD and William E. (Marisa) Watts; two sisters LeAnn (Gary) Sexton and Christina Watts; two nieces Brynna Sexton and Natalie Watts; nephew Caleb Kirby; father and mother in law Rich and Robin Hively and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm Monday at the Reger Funeral Home.