Samuel “Sam” Coulbourne Waters Jr.

Topeka – Funeral services for Samuel “Sam” Coulbourne Waters Jr., 37, Topeka, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lowman United Methodist Church in Topeka. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Topeka.Mr. Waters died Friday, Feb. 16, 2007. He was born Sept. 18, 1969, in Albany, Ga., the son of Samuel and Sharon Blevins Waters.Mr. Waters attended Highland Park High School and was a member of American Legion Perry Post No. 142. He had coached youth football and softball teams.He owned Waters Painting.Survivors include his father, of Albany, Ga.; his mother, of Topeka; two sons, Mark Garcia, Tucson, Ariz., and Samuel Waters III, Topeka; a daughter, Casey Waters, Topeka; Samuel III and Casey’s mother, Veronica Waters, Topeka; and three sisters, Gretchen Townsend and Heather O’Connor, both of Albany, Ga., and Staci Hawkins, Topeka.Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, Topeka, where the family will meet them from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.The family suggests memorials to the Samuel C. Waters Jr. Memorial Fund, sent in care of the funeral home, 800 W. Sixth Ave., Topeka 66603.