Loretta Sapp Waters

CLAXTON: Loretta Sapp Waters, 85, passed away on February 14, 2024.
Loretta was born in Tattnall County, Georgia, to the late Alfred and Loree Akins Sapp. She was the wife of fifty-seven years to the late Johnny Waters when he died of lung cancer in 2013 and she was preceded in death by her brothers, Robbie Sapp, Carl Sapp, Irvin Sapp and sister-in-law, Martha Smith Sapp.
She was a member of Eastside Baptist Church since 1967, where she taught in Children’s Sunday school for fifty years. She retired in 2004 as secretary of Eastside after thirty years of service. She served as a worker for the Wee Care Program, under Dee Ann Hammack, at Eastside, for six years. She was also a member of Evergreen Baptist Church.
She enjoyed helping others along the way. She loved sewing and belonged to the Sewing Group at Eastside where they made blankets to give to the less fortunate. Some of the blankets went to the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home at Baxley, some went to the Appalachian Mountains to be given to children less fortunate, and some went to Savannah City Mission. Her brother, Irvin, helped the Sewing Group to make the blankets and to make over four hundred hygiene kits for an orphanage in Africa.
She also loved working in her yard with the azaleas and daylilies.

SURVIVORS: two sons, Randy (Nann) Waters and Barry (Sheila) Waters, all of Claxton, Ga.; one grand-daughter, Leah (Mac) Edwards; two great-grandchildren, Luke Edwards and Livy Edwards, both of Claxton, Ga.; one sister, Ellene Sapp Sanderlin; sister’s in-law, Lucille Sapp and Carolyn Roberson; uncle, Louis Brown; nieces, Frances (Jack) McLean and Harriet (Rob) Hartman; Randy and Nann’s dog, Toby, to whom she fed treats.

VISITATION: Thursday, February 15, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home.

FUNERAL: Friday, February 16, 2024, 11:00 a.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home.

BURIAL: Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery.

REMEMBRANCES: Evans County C.A.R.E.S., P.O. Box 186, Claxton, Ga. 30417; Ogeechee Area Hospice, 200 Donehoo Street, Statesboro, Ga. 30458.


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