Pearl WATERS^[1]

1895 - 1973  (77 years)

• Name	Pearl WATERS
  Birth	18 Aug 1895	North Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1920	New Bern, NC   [2]
  	1920, law office secretary
  Death	24 May 1973	New Bern, Craven Co, NC   [1]
  	Pearl died at Craven County Hospital in New Bern, North Carolina at 11:00 pm on 24 May 1973. She was 77 years old. Cause of death was noted as "arteriosclerotic heart disease", a condition that had been diagnosed 14 years earlier. It was, also, noted that she had been operated on for breast cancer in 1965. Her residence prior to her admission to the hospital was 1716 Trent Boulevard in New Bern.
  Burial	27 May 1973	New Bern, Craven Co, NC   [1]
  	Pearl's body was interred at Greenleaf Memorial Park in New Bern on 27 May 1973.
  Person ID	I60854	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Stanley WATERS,   b. 6 Oct 1868, Beaufort Co, NC d. 15 Feb 1950, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Margaret Mae SCALES,   b. 26 Oct 1875, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC d. 19 May 1945, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1892	Raleigh, Wake Co, NC   [3]
  Notes	problem with birth dates for first two children
  Family ID	F2740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin SADLER,   b. 1 Sep 1889, Bath, Beaufort Co, NC d. 28 Sep 1962, New Bern, Craven Co, NC (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F6438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Waters, Guilford 80 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1910 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1920 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. 131 Broad Street, New Bern, North Carolina.
  		1930 US Census / Sadler, Benjamin New Bern, North Carolina.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1745] Pearl Waters Sadler, North Carolina death certificate no. 17220 (1973). [S1740] 1920 US Census / Waters, Gilbert S. [S3939] Jim and Esther Chauncy, abstractors, Chauncy & Chauncy,Abstracts of Marriages and Deaths of Extant Washington, NC Newspapers, Volume 2 1884 - 1904, ((Washington, NC: Beaufort County Genealogical Society, 1994)). Waters - Scales marriage, p. 20.