Carolyn (Davis) Waters

Mrs. Carolyn Davis Waters, 80, of Blackshear, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross.

Born in Blackshear, GA on January 23, 1945, she lived in Pierce County all her life.  Mrs. Waters was a 1962 graduate of Blackshear High School.  Over the years she worked as a Pink Lady for the Pierce County Hospital and worked for Pic-N-Save before opening her own daycare, Waters Daycare.  Affectionately known as “Kiki”, she loved and nurtured children for thirty years.  Mrs. Waters later worked as a PSA for Altamaha Heath Care for a short time. She was very talented, which is evident in her many paintings and drawings.  She was a caregiver at heart and helped care for anyone who needed it.  She enjoyed being with her family and dearly loved them.  Mrs. Waters was a member of Gospel Tabernacle in Macon, GA.    

She was a daughter of the late James Dewey & Madese Bennett Davis.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Kenneth Waters; a sister, Janice Redding; and by both of her brothers, Pomeroy Davis and Roger Davis.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Anna & Joshua Peacock of Alma; her son and daughter-in-law, Neal Waters and Brenda Thigpen of Waycross; four sisters, Mildred (Virgil) Taylor of Alma, Lucy Day of Waycross, and Elaine Day and Judy Carter both of Blackshear; 7 grandchildren, Breanna (Mitch) Sinclair, Ken Waters (Tracy Jones), Alec Sweat, Reagin Peacock,  Jada Peacock, Thomas Thigpen, and Abby Booth; 1 great grandchild, Hunner Sinclair; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

A memorial service for Mrs. Waters will be held Tuesday evening, August 19, 2025, at 6:00 o’clock from the Pearson-Dial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Howde Shell officiating.

The family will receive friends in the chapel one hour prior to the service.

Interment will be in the Waters Cemetery.

The family kindly requests all of Mrs. Waters’ daycare babies to serve as honorary pallbearers.  Please meet at the funeral home by 5:30 Tuesday afternoon.

Memorials may be made to the Southeast Cancer Unit, PO Box 667, Blackshear, GA  31516.

Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online register at www.pearsondial.com.

Pearson-Dial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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