Lewis Cranford Waters (1920 - 1978)

Born 28 Apr 1920 in Milstead, Rockdale, GA

Ancestors

Husband of Viola (Echols) Waters — married Aug 1938 in Atlanta, Fulton, GA

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1978 at age 58 in Riverdale, Clayton, GA

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Biography

BM2 L C Waters served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: 25 Aug 1942
Unit(s): USS Barney (149)
Service ended: 11 Oct 1945

Census

1930: Sheet No. 15A, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia

Residence

1942 City Directory: (household) 115 Fulton SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1945 City Directory: 189 Rawson SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1947 City Directory: 189 Rawson SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1948 City Directory: (household) 189 Rawson SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1951 - 1952 City Directory: 445 Pryor SW, Atlanta, Fulton, SW

1953 City Directory: 535 Washn SW apt 4-D, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1955 City Directory: 255 Richardson SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

1956 City Directory: 189 Rawson SW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA

Burial

8 AUG 1978, Forest Lawn Cemetery

Occupation

Electrician w/ Cleveland Electric (1948); Occupation: Clerk - Big Star Store (1942)

Obituary

Obituary, The Atlanta Constitution, 3 Aug 1978:

"Rites Tuesday

for Ex-Pastor

L.C. Waters Sr.

Services for Rev. Lewis

Cranford Waters Sr., 58, of

879 Chateau Forest in River-

dale will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday

in Unity Baptist Church,

burial in Forest Lawn Ceme-

tery.

Rev. Waters, the founder

and former pastor of Unity

Baptist Church, died Sunday.

He was a retired master elec-

trician and a member of elec-

tricians' union IBEW Local

No. 613. He was a native of

Milstead.

Surviving are his widow,

Mrs. Viola E. Waters; daugh-

ters, Mrs. Kenneth L. Bailey

of Omak, Wash., and Mrs.

James M. DeFoor of Warner

Robins; son, Lewis C. Waters

Jr. of Riverdale; and sister,

Mrs. Ethel Bouchillon of West

Palm Beach, Fla.

Sources

• Louise Smith Family Bible
• Louise and Alma Waters Bible, The Holy Bible (Columbia Educational Books, Inc, Chicago 1941); originally owned by Louise Smith Waters. This Bible passed from Louise to her daughter, Alma Waters Underwood, to her niece, Betty Huyler Albea, to her granddaughter, Valerie Craft.