Joshua Wayne Waters

Services for Joshua Wayne Waters, 42, Kansas City, Mo., will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, Lawrence.

Mr. Waters died Friday, May 14, 2004, in Blue Springs, Mo. Cremation is planned.

He was born Nov. 24, 1961, in Ada, Okla., the son of Earl and Dee Anne York Waters.

Mr. Waters grew up in Lawrence and attended Centennial School and Central Junior High School. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 1980.

He was co-owner of Contractors State Licensing School in Los Angeles before he moved in December 2003 to Kansas City.

Survivors include his parents, Lawrence; and a brother, Abe, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and until service time Wednesday at the funeral home.

The family will receive friends after the service Wednesday. They suggest memorials to Lawrence Community Theatre or the Lawrence Humane Society, sent in care of the funeral home.