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Subject: Re: [KYMCCREA] Jimmy Waters obituary
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 21:07:15 -0500
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Carolyn,

What city/state is this from?

Cheryl

carolyn beard wrote:

> 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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