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Marriage: Children:
  1. Henry Lee Waters: Birth: 14 Jun 1898 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia. Death: 18 Oct 1918 in Lawrence County, Alabama

  2. William Grady Waters: Birth: 6 Aug 1899 in Carroll County, Georgia. Death: 2 Jun 1982 in Lawrence County, Alabama

  3. Eva Mae Waters: Birth: 13 Aug 1902 in Carroll County, Georgia. Death: 3 Sep 1988 in Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama

  4. Ernest Jefferson Waters: Birth: 2 Apr 1905 in Lawrence County, Alabama. Death: Aug 1987 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama

  5. Jesse Eugene Waters: Birth: 11 Jul 1907 in Lawrence County, Alabama. Death: 8 Mar 1908 in Lawrence County, Alabama

  6. Nettie Ellen Waters: Birth: 20 Sep 1909 in Lawrence County, Alabama. Death: 13 Apr 1994 in Sewanee, Tennessee

  7. Minnie Bell Waters: Birth: 14 Mar 1912 in Lawrence County, Alabama. Death: 8 Feb 2000 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama


Notes
a. Note:   MEMORIES: According to Abron Wayne Waters, his Grandma Waters suffered each spring from fevers. He likened them to malaria. He said she would get sick every year. He said she was a little bitty woman, walked around with a hickory brush she dipped in snuff hanging out of her mouth all the time.
  DEATH: ALABAMA DEATH REGISTER" Name: Martha A.. Waters Death Date: 27 Jun 1943 County: Lawrence Volumn # : 28 Certificate #: 13749
  DEATH: "CERTIFICATE OF DEATH" State of Alabama Bureau of Vital Statistics State Board of Health Place of Death: Lawrence County City: Trinity Street Address: Route # 1 Usual Residence: Alabama County: Lawrence City: Trinity Street Address: Route # 1 Full Name: Martha Ann Elizabeth Waters Sex: Female, Color: White Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced: Married If Married, Spouse: William J. Waters, Age: 68 Date of Birth: December 18, 1874 Age: 69 Birthplace: Cowetta County, Georgia Usual Occupation: At Home Father: Zack Dutton Birthplace: Unknown Mother: Nettie Turner Birthplace: Georgia Date of Death: June 23, 1943 Immediate Cause of Death: Heart Attack of Undetermined Origin I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from June 27, 1943 to June 27, 1943, that I last saw her alive on June 27, 1943 , that death occurred at 9:30 P.M. on the date stated above from cause given. Attendant: Willard W. Irwin, MD Address: Moulton, Alabama Burial, Removal, Creation: Burial Date Interred: June 29, 1943 Place of Burial: Montgomery Cemetery Location: Lawrence County, Alabama I certify that I am the person who was in charge of the body of the above decedent. The information was given by W. J. Waters, said to be related to the decedent as husband whose address is Trinity, Route # 1. Signature of Person in Charge of the Body: Brown Funeral Home Registrar's Signature: Vera Mae Compton
  BURIAL: Martha Ann Elizabeth Dutton Waters was buried in Montgomery Cemetery on AL HWY 33 south of Moulton. Her husband and son, Henry, daughter, Nettie Ellen Waters Melson, grandsons, Ronald Melson, and Raiphord Melson are also buried there.
  BURIAL: "MONTGOMERY CEMETERY" Burial Listing Compiled by Donna Evans, 2001 Waters, Henry Jan 14 1897 - Oct 18 1918 Waters, Martha Ann E. Dutton, wife of William J. Dec 18 1874 - Jun 27 1943 Waters, William J. Feb 27 1875 - Oct 8 1951 Melson, Nettie Ellen Waters, dau of W. J. & M E. Sep 20 1909 - Apr 13 1994 Melson, James Raiphord SFC Army A Btry 6 Bn 65 Arty May 6 1939 - May 28 1971 Melson, Ronald Edward Jun 10 1942 - Aug 6 1977
  BURIAL: "TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION" Montgomery Cemetery Martha Ann E. Dutton Waters Dec 18 1874 - Jun 29 1943 (Double tombstone with husband William J. Waters)
  Sources: According to Jean Waters Reed, Grandma Waters sold eggs and butter to the peddler who traveled around the county selling commodities such as flour, sugar, coffee, as well as pots, pans and sewing needles.


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