Jack Curtis Walters

Jack C. Walters, age 91, passed away peacefully at his home on August 19, 2020. He was preceded in death by his parents Squire Walters, Jr. and Clara Hodge Walters Anderson, his step-father Jimmy Anderson, his brother Gilbert Walters, and his daughter Connie Walters Johnson.

Jack was a lifelong resident of Gadsden and a 1948 graduate of Etowah High School. In 1948, he married the love of his life Betty and they celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary on June 4th.

Jack was a pipefitter at Republic Steel for 30 years. He made many lifelong friends during his employment there and entertained his family around the supper table with Steel Plant stories. Using his trade as a pipefitter, Jack volunteered hundreds of hours of his time installing plumbing for countless needy families on Lookout Mountain. Years later, he could recall each home where he worked.

Jack was a lifelong member of McCauley's Chapel United Methodist Church where he held every office available at one time or the other. He knew The Methodist Book of Discipline thoroughly and was instrumental in building the Fellowship Hall at the church.

With his wife, Betty, he enjoyed fishing, going to yard sales and antique auctions, refinishing furniture, and working in his garden. He sold antiques at Collinsville Trade Day every Saturday alongside his mother and several of his grandchildren and participated in the World's Longest Yard Sale on Tabor Road for many years. He was an avid Alabama fan, and enjoyed trips to the mountains and the beach with deep sea fishing trips with his friends, Elmer Logan and Lyverel Thomas. Genealogy was his passion and he researched both his family tree as well as Betty's. His grandchildren and great grandchildren will definitely know who their ancestors were because of his diligent work. His grandchildren have fond memories of hours spent playing Rook with him and their Granny. Jack was never at a loss for words and his grandchildren say he was the best storyteller ever.

He is survived by his devoted wife Betty, daughter Donna (Henry) Ledbetter and Laura (Harold) Tolbert; six grandchildren, Jason (Jennifer) Ledbetter, Amy Ledbetter, Ben Johnson, Adam (Tonya) Ledbetter, Andrea (Dustin) Wilson, and Nathan (Emily) Brown; 16 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren, along with a host of cousins.

Funeral Service will be held Saturday morning, August 22, 2020 at 11:00am at Collier Butler Chapel. Rev. Roy Daughtery will officiate. Burial will follow at Crestwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends for visitation from 10:00am-11:00am prior to the service. Pallbearers will be Henry Ledbetter, Harold Tolbert, Jason Ledbetter, Adam Ledbetter, Ben Johnson, Nathan Brown, Dustin Wilson, and Mitchell Logan.