St. Clair County Obits

GARLAND THEODORE (TED) WATERS

Funeral Notice

Funeral
G.T. (Ted) Waters
Sept. 23, 1905 - June 1, 1981
Age: 75 Yrs., 8 Mths., 8 Days
Services: Mt. Zion Methodist Church, East of Rockville
Thursday, June 4, 1981, 2:00 P.M.
Minister: Rev. Robert Fenwick
Interment: Mt. Zion Cemetery
Visitation: 7-8:30 P.M. Wednesday, June 3, Eckhoff-Hill Funeral Home

Appleton City Journal, 11 June 1981

G. T. Waters
Funeral services were held Thursday, June 4, 1981 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mount Zion Methodist Church for G. T. (Ted) Waters. Rev. Robert Fenwick officiated with Joyce Brown, pianist accompanying Brenda Wells, soloist as she sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "How Great Thou Art". Casket bearers were: John Parks, Ronnie Parks, Steve Brown, Orville Oehring, Jr., Jimmy Lee Bock and David Oehring.
Garland Theodore Waters was born September 23, 1905 in the Taberville community of St. Clair County to Daniel and Lucy May (Perrine) Waters.
He attended Hoover elementary and Taberville schools and graduated from the Appleton City High School.
He and Louise Hays were married on July 19, 1930 at El Dorado Springs, Mo. and to them were born three daughters: Leila Mae, Joan Louise, and Betty Dell.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Gladys Davis, and two brothers, Tommy and Delbert Waters.
He is survived by his wife, Louise, of the home; their three daughters: Leila Mae, and husband, Marion Bock, of Appleton City, Joan Waters, of the home, and Ms. Betty Dell Weant, of Rockville, Mo.; one brother, Everleigh Waters, of Vacaville, Ca.; two grandsons, Dennis and Dale Bock of Appleton City; five granddaughters, Bonnie Perrymann, Barbara Belew, Wanda Bock, Lisa Weant and Teddi Weant; three great granddaughters: Leila Ann, Brittany Lynn and Sara Beth Perrymann; two nieces and two nephews and many, many friends.
Ted lived his entire lifetime in the Taberville community, farming the land and enjoying the out-of-doors in hunting and fishing, and being a good neighbor to one and all, near and far.
Family and friends were his dearest treasure and he loved them in all kindness and selfless patience, even in the midst of pain and suffering.
Death came for him at the Ellett Memorial Hospital in Appleton City on Monday, June 1, 1981.
Interment was in the Mount Zion Cemetery.

Kansas City Star

Garland Theodore Waters
Appleton City - G.T. "Ted" Waters, 75, Rockville, Mo., died Monday at a hospital here. He was a lifelong Rockville area resident. Mr. Waters was a farmer. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Louise Waters of the home; three daughters, Miss Joan Waters of the home, Mrs. Leila Bock, Appleton City, and Mrs. Betty Weant, Rockville; a brother, Everleigh Waters, Vacaville, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Zion Methodist Church, Rockville; burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the Eckhoff-Hill Chapel, Appleton City.