EMMA JEAN WATERS

October 19, 2021

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Jean Water, age 94, of Hueytown, will be held Friday, October 22, 2021 at 2 pm from Peoples Chapel Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Burns will officiate and burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Waters died Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at home and surrounded by loved ones after a brief illness. Born July 11, 1927 in Bessemer, Alabama, Mrs. Waters was the daughter of the late Otho D. and Connie Bell Cox. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 62 years, Willie E. “Bill” Waters; her son, Billy E. Waters; her sister and brother-in-law, Martha “Mott” and Charles “Charkey” Jordan; and two nieces, Penny Jordan and Connie Dixon Everett. She was a long-time member of Hueytown Baptist Church where she served as a nursery teacher for over 21 years. She is survived by her grandchildren, Kelli (Curtis) Jones, Chad (Ann) Waters, and Rachel Waters; five great grandchildren; a sister, Jimmie Lou (Sonny) Dixon; a brother, Curtis (Ann) Cox and many nieces, nephews and close friends.Visitation will be from 1-2 pm on Friday, October 22, 2021 at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home. The funeral services will follow at 2 pm. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Hueytown Baptist Church or the Alabama Baptist Children’s Home.Pallbearers are Jordan Brook, Danny Cox, Todd Lankford, Scott Porter, Jack and Mike Price, and Roderick Wallace.