BAXLEY NEWS BANNER
Baxley, Georgia
Thursday, March 11, 1920

Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Waters are dead, passing away within a week of each other of influenza-pneumonia at their home in the Deen District...Mrs. Waters died on Monday, Mar 1 and Mr. Water's death occurred one week later on Monday, Mar 9.......He was 28 years old and was married six years ago to Mrs. Bertie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Smith....the bodies were laid to  rest in the Deen Cemetery...they are survived by three little daughters, Lucille five years; Winifred, three years; infant daughter, three months....Mrs. Waters was the sister of Mrs. Henry Fossett and Miss Laura Smith of Baxley, and Mrs. D. D. Deen of the Deen District.