Freestone County, Texas Obits Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 2, 2005 Joe McWaters SILVERTON - Joe McWaters, 93, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, in Lockney. Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with Harold Abney, chaplain of Hospice Hands of West Texas, and Chad King, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Silverton Cemetery by Myers-Chancellor Funeral Home. Mr. McWaters was born March 11, 1911, in Freestone County. He had been a resident of Silverton for 71 years. Survivors include his wife, Ruby; two sons, Dale McWaters of Silverton and Glen McWaters of Quitaque; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.