Raymond "Buzzy" Wallace Waters Jr.

Raymond “Buzzy” Waters, Jr., 61, of Waynesboro, Georgia, died Monday, the 30th of September, 2013. Buzzy was born in Ludowici, GA on the 11th day of June, 1952, to the late Raymond W. Waters, Sr., and the late Gladys Pearl Waters.

Raymond was a native of Darien, GA, and a 1970 Darien High School Graduate. Raymond attended Middle Georgia College and later moved to Tuscaloosa, AL, where he spent twenty years employed by B.F. Goodrich.

Buzzy and his wife, Carolyn Cowart Waters, resided in Waynesboro, GA. Buzzy lived to fish, hunt and work, especially duck and turkey hunting. He was employed as a Superintendent at Chicago Bridge and Iron at Plant Vogtle; was a Union Member of Local 709 of International Association of Bridge Structural Ornamental and Re-Inforcing Iron Workers; and President of the Tuscaloosa Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation. He loved his family, children and grandchildren and was a wonderful and devoted husband, father and grandfather.

Survivors are his wife, Carolyn Waters, daughter Lindsey Waters Johnson (Josh), son Thomas Waters (Megan), step-daughters, Christi Davis (Wesley), Jessica Reina (Caleb), grandchildren, Anna Claire Johnson, Lillian Johnson, Jordan Davis and Savannah Davis, sisters Sandra Parker, Sherri Peavy (Doug), Debbie Lee, Ramona Hanlin, brothers David Waters and Daniel Waters.

Raymond was preceded in death by his parents.

A visitation will be held Thursday, the 3rd of October, 2013, at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home from 6 pm until 8 pm. Services will be Friday, the 4th of October, 2013, at 11:00 am, at Crescent Baptist Church, Crescent, GA, with the Rev. Bob Briley officiating. Interment will follow in Crescent Community Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers will include Zach Matherson, Steve Young, Randy Waters, Billy Wilkinson, Dale Jenkins, Billy Nelson, Bill Alford and Keith Kicklighter.

Honorary pallbearers will be Gene Cowart, Don Crawford, Robby Wyatt, Bruce Clark, Randal Livingston, Steve “Bone” Dunn, Glenn Kennedy, Members of the Tuscaloosa Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation, Former co-workers of B.F. Goodrich, and co-workers of Chicago Bridge and Iron.

A memorial service will also be held in Tuscaloosa on Sunday, the 6th of October, 2013, at 2:00 pm, at Sunset Funeral Home in Northport, AL. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to New Beginning Church, 1950 Park West Drive, Northport, AL 35476; Tuscaloosa Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation, 242, 22nd Street, SW, Gordo, AL 35466; or to Moundville United Methodist church, P.O. Box 35, Moundville, AL 35474.

The arrangements for Raymond “Buzzy” Waters have been entrusted to Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. www.edomillerandsons.com