Louis W. "Bill" Walters III, 75, of Meridian, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015, in a Clifton care facility. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, October 26, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, October 27, 2015, in the Meridian First Baptist Church with Rev. Drew Dabbs and Rev. Aaron Ogburn officiating. Burial will be in Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery.
Parents: the late Louis William Walters Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Crouch Walters
Education: served as a United States Senate page, where he would graduate from Capitol Page High School in 1958; began his college education at Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Arkansas, later transferring to the University of Houston, and graduated in 1964 with a degree in mathematics
Married: Sandra Smith
Date Married: August 27, 1960 in Jacinto City, Texas
Occupation: Plant manager
Work History: Owens-Illinois Glass Container in Waco in 1966, staying until 1984; returned in 1988 until his retirement in 1998; work travels took him to Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Oregon, Canada, Hungary, Chile, and Mexico
Owner Of: Walters Equipment, Waco; dedicated four years to his business until he elected to sell his share of Walters Equipment in 1988
Church Information: Spring Creek Baptist Church
Preceded in death by: his daughter, Lisa Anne; sister, Sally Nicholson; and a nephew, Brian Nicholson
Survivors include: his wife, Sandra Walters, of Meridian; sons, William David Walters and wife, Amy, of Little Rock, AR, and Robert Smith Walters and wife, Tiffany, of Round Rock, TX; grandchildren: Tyler Grayson Walters, Ashtyn Annalise Walters, Ruth Ellen Walters, Rose Elizabeth Walters, Conner Yarbrough, and Riley Yarbrough; niece, Elizabeth Nicholson, of Wilmington, NC; other relatives and many friends
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Parents: the late Louis William Walters Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Crouch Walters
Education: served as a United States Senate page, where he would graduate from Capitol Page High School in 1958; began his college education at Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Arkansas, later transferring to the University of Houston, and graduated in 1964 with a degree in mathematics
Married: Sandra Smith
Date Married: August 27, 1960 in Jacinto City, Texas
Occupation: Plant manager
Work History: Owens-Illinois Glass Container in Waco in 1966, staying until 1984; returned in 1988 until his retirement in 1998; work travels took him to Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Oregon, Canada, Hungary, Chile, and Mexico
Owner Of: Walters Equipment, Waco; dedicated four years to his business until he elected to sell his share of Walters Equipment in 1988
Church Information: Spring Creek Baptist Church
Preceded in death by: his daughter, Lisa Anne; sister, Sally Nicholson; and a nephew, Brian Nicholson
Survivors include: his wife, Sandra Walters, of Meridian; sons, William David Walters and wife, Amy, of Little Rock, AR, and Robert Smith Walters and wife, Tiffany, of Round Rock, TX; grandchildren: Tyler Grayson Walters, Ashtyn Annalise Walters, Ruth Ellen Walters, Rose Elizabeth Walters, Conner Yarbrough, and Riley Yarbrough; niece, Elizabeth Nicholson, of Wilmington, NC; other relatives and many friends
Waco Tribune-Herald: 10/25/2015...J20
Louis W. "Bill" Walters III, 75, of Meridian, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015, in a Clifton care facility. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, October 26, in the Lawson Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, October 27, 2015, in the Meridian First Baptist Church with Rev. Drew Dabbs and Rev. Aaron Ogburn officiating. Burial will be in Smith Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery.
Parents: the late Louis William Walters Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Crouch Walters
Education: served as a United States Senate page, where he would graduate from Capitol Page High School in 1958; began his college education at Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Arkansas, later transferring to the University of Houston, and graduated in 1964 with a degree in mathematics
Married: Sandra Smith
Date Married: August 27, 1960 in Jacinto City, Texas
Occupation: Plant manager
Work History: Owens-Illinois Glass Container in Waco in 1966, staying until 1984; returned in 1988 until his retirement in 1998; work travels took him to Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Oregon, Canada, Hungary, Chile, and Mexico
Owner Of: Walters Equipment, Waco; dedicated four years to his business until he elected to sell his share of Walters Equipment in 1988
Church Information: Spring Creek Baptist Church
Preceded in death by: his daughter, Lisa Anne; sister, Sally Nicholson; and a nephew, Brian Nicholson
Survivors include: his wife, Sandra Walters, of Meridian; sons, William David Walters and wife, Amy, of Little Rock, AR, and Robert Smith Walters and wife, Tiffany, of Round Rock, TX; grandchildren: Tyler Grayson Walters, Ashtyn Annalise Walters, Ruth Ellen Walters, Rose Elizabeth Walters, Conner Yarbrough, and Riley Yarbrough; niece, Elizabeth Nicholson, of Wilmington, NC; other relatives and many friends
Waco Tribune-Herald: 10/25/2015...J20
Parents: the late Louis William Walters Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Crouch Walters
Education: served as a United States Senate page, where he would graduate from Capitol Page High School in 1958; began his college education at Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Arkansas, later transferring to the University of Houston, and graduated in 1964 with a degree in mathematics
Married: Sandra Smith
Date Married: August 27, 1960 in Jacinto City, Texas
Occupation: Plant manager
Work History: Owens-Illinois Glass Container in Waco in 1966, staying until 1984; returned in 1988 until his retirement in 1998; work travels took him to Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Oregon, Canada, Hungary, Chile, and Mexico
Owner Of: Walters Equipment, Waco; dedicated four years to his business until he elected to sell his share of Walters Equipment in 1988
Church Information: Spring Creek Baptist Church
Preceded in death by: his daughter, Lisa Anne; sister, Sally Nicholson; and a nephew, Brian Nicholson
Survivors include: his wife, Sandra Walters, of Meridian; sons, William David Walters and wife, Amy, of Little Rock, AR, and Robert Smith Walters and wife, Tiffany, of Round Rock, TX; grandchildren: Tyler Grayson Walters, Ashtyn Annalise Walters, Ruth Ellen Walters, Rose Elizabeth Walters, Conner Yarbrough, and Riley Yarbrough; niece, Elizabeth Nicholson, of Wilmington, NC; other relatives and many friends
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