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From: "carolyn beard" <>
Subject: [KYMCCREA] Jimmy Waters obituary
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 01:07:40 +0000


The Morning Journal, Saturday, January 17,2004 page 7A.
Jimmy Waters
01/17/2004
WAKEMAN -- Jimmy Waters, 79, of Wakeman, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at
his home after a one-month illness.

He was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Yamacraw, McCreary County, Ky., and moved to
the Lorain County area in 1951. He had resided in Wakeman for more than 20
years.

Waters was employed as a sawyer by the Cleveland Quarries in South Amherst
for 33 years, retiring in 1978.

He was a member of Old Fashion Grace Baptist Church, South Amherst, and
attended Firelands Church. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and ATVing.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Ella Delta (nee Maxwell); sons
Ernest Waters of Vermilion and Kenneth Waters of South Amherst; daughters
Norma Jean Bennett of Conesville and Wanda Jonda of Greenwood, S.C.; 14
grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; his brother, Speedy Waters of
Amherst; and sisters Bonnie Morris of Peaster, Texas, and Easter Lilly Keene
of Planfield, Ind. He was preceded in death by a son and daughter in
infancy, Clarence Waters in 1950 and Barbara Waters in 1954; his parents,
Nim and Cora Waters (nee Dunagan); brothers Ray, James, Lloyd and Boyd and a
brother in infancy; and sisters Etna Waters, Etta Hill, Effie Jones, Elva
Waters and Joyce Waters.

Funeral services are today at 11 a.m. at the Hempel Funeral Home, 373
Cleveland Ave., Amherst. The Rev. Leon Simpson, pastor of Firelands Church,
will officiate. Burial will be in Birmingham Cemetery, Birmingham.

Memorial contributions may be made to New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph,
5255 N. Abbe Road, Elyria 44035.



Carolyn S. Beard

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