Joseph Roland Waters Sr. was born on October 31, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri to Roland Allen Hall and Saundra Harris. He accepted Christ at an early age and attended Ebenezer AME Church. He received his formal education in the Kansas City Public Schools. He had a lifelong love of spending time with his family, listening to music, watching football, bowling and playing chess. He could often be found doing a combination of these at the same time.
He worked hard throughout his life to care for his family and retired from the State of Missouri -Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Center in 2014. Where he counseled many patients through addictions and mental illness. He celebrated 30 years sober in June 2020; and we are very proud of that accomplishment.
He departed this life surrounded by his children on on February 20, 2021. He is preceded in death by his parents, his Uncle Fred Harris, and his Uncle JD Harris. He leaves five children to cherish his memory: Adrienne Williams, Camille Sowells, Ashley Waters, Joseph Waters II, and Carolyn Humphrey; ten grandchildren: Tiffany, Domonic, Cory, Joshua, Jada, Julius, Julian, Jennalise, Alayna, Raven, Adam and Amber; seven great-grandchildren, his aunt Inita Josie Lair and a host of family and friends who loved him dearly.
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