Celebrating the life of
Winfred Gails Waters
March 29, 1921 - June 02, 2012
Savannah- Winfred Gails Waters, Sr., 91, died Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Tara Nursing Home.
Mr. Waters was a native and lifelong resident of Savannah and a graduate of Savannah High School. He worked for Union Camp Corporation for twenty six years before becoming an inspector of construction with Chatham County. He was a member of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension and Acacia Lodge #452 F. & A.M. Preceding him in death are his parents, George C. Waters, Sr. and Freida Gails Waters; brother, G. Calvin Waters, Jr., and sister Bennetta Christiansen Waters.
Survivors include his wife, Linda B. Waters; sons, Charles H. Waters, W. Gails Waters, Michael Waters and his wife, Rose, Lindsay Waters and his wife, Leslie; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park.
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Linda, We are sorry to hear of your lost... Our prayers goes out to you and may your husband's memories be forever with you. The staff of Vital Records Office- Chatham
- Vital Records Office, Chatham County, Savannah, GA
Mrs. Waters, Gails, Mike, Lindsay and family, Mr. Waters will always be a loving and precious memory for our family. Minnie, Jerry, Nancy and Mark
- Nancy K. Whitney, Kennesaw, GA
My thoughts and prayers to the family. Gails, Jr and I were good friends in the late Sixties here in Savannah. I'm sorry I missed the service...would loved to have seen his sons
- Jim Kearns, Savannah, GA, GA
Winfred, we will miss you. We know you are at peace now and are thankful for that. Thank you for being a very special uncle. We will be visiting Linda soon. Love, Kathy, Jeff and family
- Kathy and Jeff Pasch, Glen Allen, VA
Winfred, we will miss you. We know you are at peace now and are thankful for that. Thank you for being a very special uncle. We will be visiting Linda soon. Love, Kathy, Jeff and family
- Kathy and Jeff Pasch, Glen Allen, VA
A wonderful person, a fine father, a great provider, and most of all a friend who I admired for his stregnth and courage as he battled thru the challenges of this earthly life All of his pain, worries, discomforts, and confinements are now no longer, he is free of these chains and lives in peace. And that makes me glad for him
- Gails Waters, Savannah, GA
You will be missed. You are now in peace with my beloved husband and your brother Calvin.
- Janelle Waters, Savannah, GA
My condolences to the Waters family for their loss. My Mom was his neighbor across the hall at TARA. She passed on 5/15/12. My stepdad and I called him 'Skinny.' Enjoyed his sense of humor and welcoming greeting. Janet Greave daughter of Phyllis and Jack Wolf
- Janet V. Greave, Collingswood, NJ
Linda, We are sorry to hear of your lost... Our prayers goes out to you and may your husband's memories be forever with you. The staff of Vital Records Office- Chatham
- Vital Records Office, Chatham County, Savannah, GA
Mrs. Waters, Gails, Mike, Lindsay and family, Mr. Waters will always be a loving and precious memory for our family. Minnie, Jerry, Nancy and Mark
- Nancy K. Whitney, Kennesaw, GA
My thoughts and prayers to the family. Gails, Jr and I were good friends in the late Sixties here in Savannah. I'm sorry I missed the service...would loved to have seen his sons
- Jim Kearns, Savannah, GA, GA
Winfred, we will miss you. We know you are at peace now and are thankful for that. Thank you for being a very special uncle. We will be visiting Linda soon. Love, Kathy, Jeff and family
- Kathy and Jeff Pasch, Glen Allen, VA
Winfred, we will miss you. We know you are at peace now and are thankful for that. Thank you for being a very special uncle. We will be visiting Linda soon. Love, Kathy, Jeff and family
- Kathy and Jeff Pasch, Glen Allen, VA
A wonderful person, a fine father, a great provider, and most of all a friend who I admired for his stregnth and courage as he battled thru the challenges of this earthly life All of his pain, worries, discomforts, and confinements are now no longer, he is free of these chains and lives in peace. And that makes me glad for him
- Gails Waters, Savannah, GA
You will be missed. You are now in peace with my beloved husband and your brother Calvin.
- Janelle Waters, Savannah, GA
My condolences to the Waters family for their loss. My Mom was his neighbor across the hall at TARA. She passed on 5/15/12. My stepdad and I called him 'Skinny.' Enjoyed his sense of humor and welcoming greeting. Janet Greave daughter of Phyllis and Jack Wolf
- Janet V. Greave, Collingswood, NJ
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
