Inez Waites

Inez Whetstone Waites, 106, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 20, 2019, at Heart of Georgia Hospice Care in Perry. Graveside services will be held on, Thursday, January 24, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Carolina Cemetery in Weoka, AL, with John Brannon and George Sedberry officiating. The family will visit with friends before the service at 10:00 am at Trinity United Methodist Church in Weoka, Alabama. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions to: Heart of Georgia Hospice, 103 Westridge Dr., Warner Robins, Georgia 31088, or Trinity UMC, c/o W.C. Mann, 2770 Little Weoka Creek Road, Equality, Alabama 36026; Carolina Cemetery Fund, c/o Stan Hancock, 2875 Little Weoka Creek Road, Weoka, Alabama 36026. Mrs. Waites was born on April 12, 1912, in Elmore County, Alabama. She was a longtime faithful and active member of Trinity UMC in Weoka, Alabama. She was a Sunday school teacher and also served in other capacities over the years. She graduated from high school in Elmore County, AL. She attended Livingston Normal College, Huntington College, and Auburn University, from which she received her Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree, both in education. She was a public school teacher in Elmore County, Alabama for twenty-seven years. She was a devoted wife and mother. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren loved her so much. They learned so much from her. She was like a walking encyclopedia. Everyone that came in contact with her loved her. She was a good-hearted woman. She loved the Lord with all her heart. Mrs. Waites was preceded in death by her husband, Judson C. Waites, two sisters-Laverne W. Beard and Betty W. Jacobs, sister-in-law Hazel B. Whetstone, daughter-in-law Ruth D. Waites, grandson-in-law Cliff Williams, and an infant granddaughter, Teresa Ruth Waites. Left to cherish the memories of her are her children, Billy Waites of Macon, GA, Sherrod (Sandy) Waites of Canton, GA, Elwood (Annette) Waites of Perry, GA; grandchildren, Brad Waites of Vancouver, BC, Jud Waites of Woodstock, GA, Keith (Cindy) Waites of Perry, GA, Lynn W. Williams of Macon, GA, Chandley W. (Dennis) Allison of Denton, TX, and Dawn W. (Ross) Kendrick of Sycamore, GA. She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren, Seth Roberts, Judson Williams, Jake Kendrick, Cayden Waites, John Henry Waites, Wils Waites, Chesleigh Waites, and Lily Kendrick, numerous nieces and nephews in Georgia and Alabama; and her brother Walton (Bertha) Whetstone, Weoka, AL. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home of Perry, Georgia, along with Wetumka Memorial Funeral Home of Wetumpka, Alabama, have both been entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com. Inez Whetstone Waites, 106, passed away peacefully on Sunday January 20, 2019, at Heart of Georgia Hospice Care in Perry. Graveside services will be held on, Thursday, January 24, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Carolina Cemetery in Weoka, AL, with John Brannon and George Sedberry officiating. The family will visit with friends before the service at 10:00 am at Trinity United Methodist Church in Weoka, Alabama. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial contributions to: Heart of Georgia Hospice, 103 Westridge Dr., Warner Robins, Georgia 31088, or Trinity UMC, c/o W.C. Mann, 2770 Little Weoka Creek Road, Equality, Alabama 36026; Carolina Cemetery Fund, c/o Stan Hancock, 2875 Little Weoka Creek Road, Weoka, Alabama 36026. Mrs. Waites was born on April 12, 1912, in Elmore County, Alabama. She was a longtime faithful and active member of Trinity UMC in Weoka, Alabama. She was a Sunday school teacher and also served in other capacities over the years. She graduated from high school in Elmore County, AL. She attended Livingston Normal College, Huntington College, and Auburn University, from which she received her Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree, both in education. She was a public school teacher in Elmore County, Alabama for twenty-seven years. She was a devoted wife and mother. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren loved her so much. They learned so much from her. She was like a walking encyclopedia. Everyone that came in contact with her loved her. She was a good-hearted woman. She loved the Lord with all her heart. Mrs. Waites was preceded in death by her husband, Judson C. Waites, two sisters-Laverne W. Beard and Betty W. Jacobs, sister-in-law Hazel B. Whetstone, daughter-in-law Ruth D. Waites, grandson-in-law Cliff Williams, and an infant granddaughter, Teresa Ruth Waites. Left to cherish the memories of her are her children, Billy Waites of Macon, GA, Sherrod (Sandy) Waites of Canton, GA, Elwood (Annette) Waites of Perry, GA; grandchildren, Brad Waites of Vancouver, BC, Jud Waites of Woodstock, GA, Keith (Cindy) Waites of Perry, GA, Lynn W. Williams of Macon, GA, Chandley W. (Dennis) Allison of Denton, TX, and Dawn W. (Ross) Kendrick of Sycamore, GA. She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren, Seth Roberts, Judson Williams, Jake Kendrick, Cayden Waites, John Henry Waites, Wils Waites, Chesleigh Waites, and Lily Kendrick, numerous nieces and nephews in Georgia and Alabama; and her brother Walton (Bertha) Whetstone, Weoka, AL. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home of Perry, Georgia, along with Wetumka Memorial Funeral Home of Wetumpka, Alabama, have both been entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com.

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Inez Waites

April 12, 1912 - January 20, 2019