Mrs. Emily Leola Rider Waters

Mrs. Emily Leola Rider Waters age 82 of Toccoa passed away Friday September 25, 2026 at her residence.

A daughter of the late Fred and Mattie Ivester Rider, she was born August 26, 1944 in Stephens County, Georgia where she lived all of her life. She was employed with Wrights Manufacturing and later with Lanier Clothes for a number of years. She was preceded in death by her granddaughter Brittany Turpin and a sister Deborah Rider.

Survivors include her daughter Beverly Savage of Toccoa, granddaughter Leann Turpin of Toccoa, brother Freddie Rider of Toccoa, sister Jeanette Holbrooks of Seneca, South Carolina and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held Monday September 28,2026 at 2 P.M. at Old Toccoa Baptist Church with the Reverend Roger Elrod officiating. The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Monday from noon until 1:30 P.M.

The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers Leon Rider, Evan Rider, Clayton Rider, Aaron Rider, Chase Rider and Nathaniel Holbrooks

Interment will follow in Old Toccoa Baptist Church Cemetery

Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Emily Leola Rider Waters