NEW MADRID -- Larry Dale Waters Jr., 9, of New Madrid drowned Wednesday, July 9, 1997.
He was born March 10, 1988, at Sikeston, son of Felicia Riggins and Larry Dale Waters Sr. He was a fourth grade student at New Madrid Elementary School.
Survivors include his mother of New Madrid; his father of Parma; three brothers, Dijuan, Sevuan and Bryan Waters, all of New Madrid; a sister, Shanterra Waters of Parma; maternal grandparents, Elmer and Bobbie Gray of New Madrid; and paternal grandparents, Artlee and Margaret Waters Sr. of Parma.
There is no visitation.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, with the Rev. Johnnie McWilliams officiating. Burial will be in Simmons Park Cemetery at Catron.
Williams-Farr and Purnell Funeral Home at Howardville is in charge of arrangements.
Connect with the Southeast Missourian Newsroom:
For corrections to this story or other insights for the editor, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here. To learn about the Southeast Missourian’s AI Policy, click here.