The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Second Salem Baptist Church, Travelers Rest Road, Montezuma, Georgia, where Reverend D.C. Bell is Pastor. Pastor James Rolle, associate pastor of Word Alive Christian Center in Atlanta, Georgia will officiate. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
Charlie Waters was born on May 26, 1965 to the late James Waters and Octavia Adams Waters in Montezuma, Georgia. He is preceded in death by three siblings, Ruth Ann Waters, William Crenshaw Adams, and Gary Waters. He attended the public school system of Macon County and was 1983 graduate of the Historic D.F. Douglass High school in Montezuma, Georgia. At an early age, he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and was baptized at Second Salem Baptist Church in Montezuma, Georgia. While living in the Atlanta, Georgia area he enjoyed attending services at Word Alive Christian Center in Atlanta, Georgia. For many years he worked as a Construction Worker.
He is survived by one daughter, Taylor McKenzie, Chicago, Illinois; four siblings, Willie J. Grier, of Atlanta, Georgia, Ophelia Waters of Montezuma, Georgia, Marquita Adams (Billy) of Atlanta, GA and Phyllistine Gardner (David) of Kennesaw, Georgia; aunt, Dr. Phyllis Slaymon of North Carolina; a loving companion, Sylvia Beauregard; and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends to carry on his memory.