I had not known of your Passing Billy, you will be missed. I loved skydiving with you back in the late 90s. It was with you that I choose to spend my last dive before taking up with a new love to raise a 7 year old. Peace be with you and yours my friend.

Don

Billy, 
Gone all too soon. A childhood friend for 74 years.  Grew up in the neighborhood and played from sun up until sun down on each day possible.  So many fond memories of days gone by that I will cherish forever in my memory.  Our visits have been sparse over the last few years, yet, every few months we would get together in the old neighborhood and share.  I could always call and you would take the call.  Usually it was for the name of someone in the area or sometimes just to chat.  I will remember our last call a couple of weeks ago to tell you of another passing of a childhood friend.  You had just returned from a doctor's visit.  Adios, my friend, until we meet again. 

L/Floyd (Buddy, to you) Darke

It was always a pleasure to have Billy at our family dinners. And it's a blessing to have Sonia as our precious daughter-in-law.

It was a pleasure to have Billy at our family dinners. It's a blessing to have his daughter (Sonia) as our precious daughter.  God bless & be with Billy's family.

Sonia, I'm so sorry to hear the news of your dad's passing. Billy was my skydiving brother, teammate, and friend. My condolences to you and your family and all of Billy's friends. Apple, ffwosw #1

Sgt. Billy Waters, was a hero to this  ( at the time 18 yoa ) kid. Most of my patrols in Viet Nam were as Sgt. Billy M60 gunner. With him, I knew that he knew what he was doing and that we would make it back to the base camp. Looking back now, after his death, IS so hard to talk about the times of my Hero , and the days of Viet Nam. Sgt Billy  Rest in Peace.

So very sad. Billy was around  during the time of John Masons last days of his life. John spoke very highly of him. He always was a very nice and cheerful man. He will be sadly missed.

I knew Billy in the ‘90s when we often skydived together at Carmi along with Aaron.  Like Billy, I was also ‘Nam vet and we sometimes talked about our shared experiences after we completed our jumps for the day.  It was a pleasure to have known both father and son.  I send my condolences to the family.

To Billy Waters family.
I knew Billy from Fulton grade school.  He was a
very nice guy.  Extending my condolences to each and everyone.   Peace be with you.



Billy and I and friends were at Quincy  at the World Freefall Convention.  After supper we were lounging around the fire after a long day of skydiving.  Billy looks at me and says ", do you realize how lucky you are.  I said,  why 's that. He said, because you are this close to the center of the universe.  We laughed so hard we about wet ourselves.  This was a standing joke between us . 

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William "Billy" Waters

February 28, 1946 – March 7, 2021

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