Lois Wease Waters
LAWNDALE — Mrs. Lois Wease Waters, 82, of 214
Southards St., died Thursday, March 28, 2002, at Hospice at Wendover. A native
of Cleveland County, she was born Aug. 8, 1919. She was retired from Cleveland
Mills. She was a member of Lawndale Missionary Methodist Church where she was
active in the music ministry and served as church treasurer for 34 years. She
was a graduate of Piedmont High School. She was preceded in death by her
parents, Ezra Gold King Wease and Myrtle Ledwell Wease; a husband, the Rev. John
L. Waters; three brothers, Ben, Howard and Edward Wease; and a sister, Shirley
Brown. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, the Rev. Jack Sr. and
Phyllis Waters of Lawndale; two daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Ernest
Wright of Davidson and Frieda and Randy Allen of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; two
brothers and sisters-in-law, Ezra and Maggie Wease and Tommy and Mattie Sue
Wease, all of Lawndale; two sisters, Mary Sue Champion and Adell Eaker, both of
Lawndale; five grandsons and their wives, John and Janet Wright of Fayetteville,
David and Cheryl Wright of Raleigh, Jack and Lisa Waters Jr. of Lawndale, Lance
Allen and Zachery Allen of Myrtle Beach; six great-grandchildren, Leah, Cassie
and Candie Waters of Lawndale; Madeleine and Anna Wright of Raleigh and Nathan
Wright of Fayetteville; and her best friend and constant companion, her dog,
Nutt-Nutt. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Lawndale Missionary
Methodist Church with the Rev. Floyd Bottoms officiating. Burial will follow in
Mount Moriah United Methodist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends
tonight from 6 to 7:30 at Stamey Funeral Home and at other times the family will
be at the home of Jack and Phyllis Waters Sr. at 129 Dallas Rd in Lawndale.
