Stanley E Waters Jr.

January 27, 2024

Stanley E Waters Jr., “Chip” to all who knew him, died at home with family by his side, at the age of nearly 76, on Saturday, January 27, 2024.

Chip was born and raised in Sylvania, Georgia, and returned there often to hunt and visit with many lifelong friends. He graduated from the University of Georgia where he met his wife Lynda (Go Dawgs!), marrying right after graduating and moving to Tampa, where he fell in love with the Gulf of Mexico and everything saltwater. He was a faithful and devoted member of Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, where he and Lynda served early on as youth advisor. Chip was an ordained elder, serving on session multiple times.

Chip ran a successful medical supply company covering the Southeast, and though he traveled extensively for work, he gave up golf so he could attend his daughters’ sporting events, and take them fishing and hunting with him.

He and Lynda lived in their house on Longfellow nearly 40 years and remodeled it to be a party house designed for entertaining and sleepovers for the girls. He was the proud owner of the “Nothing’s Simple” and rebuilt that Robalo multiple times for vacations to the Keys, Little Gasparilla Island, diving and fishing trips ... even diving for stone crabs under the Skyway Bridge.

He loved hunting and fishing, but more than that, he loved the friendships and memories that were made during those activities. Oh, the stories he could tell!

Chip is survived by Lynda Frieze Waters, his wife of 51 years, his daughters Rebecca Bower (Jason), Stacey Crum (Josh), Granddaughters Emma and Eliza Bower, Carter Claire and Margot Crum; his brother Norman (Louise) Waters, nephews Ross (Nicole) and Scott Waters, and his English Setter Miller.

On Friday, February 16th, 2024 from 5:00 PM-7:00 PM there will be a Celebration of Life with family & friends in the Speakeasy at Blount & Curry MacDill 605 S. MacDill Ave. Tampa, Florida. On Saturday, February 17th, 2024 at 11:00 am, a Memorial Service will be celebrated at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church 1309 W. Swann Ave. Tampa, Florida. A graveside Service will be held in Sylvania, Georgia on Friday, March 29th. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hyde Park Presbyterian Church or Tampa Bay Watch.