1971-2024
David Harold Waters of Sheridan, Arkansas was born February 18, 1971 at Pine Bluff, the son of the late Brenda Hamilton Waters and Odis Harold Waters. He was a proud Child of God and active member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan. Over the years, he’s helped with the youth ministry, media ministry, and the IBC food bank, just to name a few. David has worked for ARDOT (Arkansas Department of Transportation) for 35 years, and was currently District Maintenance Supervisor. He also served part-time as a Reserve Deputy with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office for a number of years. He looked forward to the fall, getting to hunt and camp. He was also a gifted welder and metal fabricator. It would be a huge understatement to say that David was a family man. To him, his family was his whole world, and he cherished every moment they spent and memory they made together.
Mr. Waters went home to Jesus Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, following a brief illness, at the age of 53. He was preceded in death by his mother, Brenda Diane Hamilton Waters.
Survivors include his wife of 18 years, his “Lil Porkchop”, Catherine Vail Waters; sons, Cody Waters and Jacob Tisdale and his wife Ashley; parents, Odis and Suellen Waters; sister and brother-in-law, Michelle and Eric Rawls; step-siblings, Wade and wife Sheila Hall and Denise Hartsfield; father and mother-in-law, Jim and Dorothy Vail; grandson, Ben Tisdale and a granddaughter on the way; nephews, Daniel Rawls, Eli Rawls. He is also survived by numerous other extended family members, his IBC Church family, his ARDOT family, and too many friends to count.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, September 22, 2024 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Sheridan with Bro. Gary Copeland and Bro. Michael Walton officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Sheridan. Visitation is also Sunday, 2:00-3:00 P.M. also at the church.
Serving as pallbearers: Jon Paul Anderton, Brandon Donaldson, Randy Hamilton, Bob Hamilton, Justin Hamilton, Steve Hamilton, Adam Oldner, Daniel Rawls, Eli Rawls. Honorary Pallbearers: Cody Waters, Jacob Tisdale, Wade Hall
Memorials may be made to a cause that David believed in, and a memorial he wanted to see erected: Arkansas Good Roads Foundation’s ARDOT Fallen Worker Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 25854, Little Rock, AR 72221 or online at www.argoodroads.com
We believe The Lord needed someone to help with those streets of gold in Heaven, and David got the call to go Home. It’s definitely not “goodbye”, just “See ya at home”
