Leuverna Waters

Tuesday, March 13, 1973, McCreary County Record
Submitted by: Lisa
Leuverna Waters

Leuverna Waters, 73, Whitley City, died March 3, 1973 in Scott County Hospital, Oneida, Tenn., terminating an illness of more than three years. Her husband, Tapley Waters, preceded her in death./  She was born Feb. 28, 1899, in Clay County and was a daughter of Wash Watson and Elizabeth Troxell Watson, both deceased. A lifelong resident of McCreary County, she was a housewife and a member of the Upper Creek Baptist Church./  Surviving are two children, Robert Mays of Louisville and Mrs. Retha Powell of Whitley City; one sister, Mrs. Polly Griffith of Whitley City; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren./  Rev. Leroy Terry and Rev. Ernest Perry conducted funeral services March 5 at the Strunk Ridge Baptist Church. Burial was in the Higganbotham Cemetery. McCreary County Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements./  Pallbearers were Harry Smith, Gene Singleton, Cody Waters, James King, Phillip Wells, and Ross Howard.