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Vernon   Vernon "Ozie" Waters
Male 1903 - 1978

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  • Birth  8 Dec 1903  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Name  Ozie Waters  
    Died  10 Mar 1978  Central City, Gilpin, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: heart attack 
    Person ID  I3402  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  10 Jun 2009 
     
    Father  Scott A. Waters,   b. 4 Jul 1878, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1960, Fulton Twp, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mayme May Herring,   b. 1 Apr 1880, G.W. Herring Jr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1971, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  25 Feb 1903  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced  Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID  F31  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Adelle Unknown,   b. Abt 1911, , , New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  Abt 1929 
    Last Modified  03 Aug 2006 
    Family ID  F1160  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Evangeline Baird,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    >3. Living
    Last Modified  03 Aug 2006 
    Family ID  F1032  Group Sheet
     
  • Photos
    Waters, Vernon Ozie    		Waters, Vernon "Ozie"
    Vernon "Ozie' Waters, singer, bandleader, 1940's motion picture cowboy, and later host of children's tv show. This picture taken sometime in the 1940's. He was my 1st cousin once removed.
    Waters, Vernon Ozie'    		Waters, Vernon "Ozie'
    Vernon "Ozie' Waters, singer, bandleader, 1940's motion picture cowboy, and later host of children's tv show. This picture taken sometime in the 1940's. He was a son of Scott Waters and Mayme Herring.
     
    Misc Documents
    Christmas card sent from Ozie Waters    		Christmas card sent from Ozie Waters
    Including pics of wife and daughters. Original card in possession of Scott Herring. He was my 1st cousin once removed, grandson of George W. and Josima Allen Herring.
     
    Newspaper
    Work - Ozie Waters, movie ad    		Work - Ozie Waters, movie ad
    Ad in a New York newspaper in 1949 for one of the movies that Ozie Waters was in. He was my 1st cousin once removed.
    Work - Ozie Waters Appearance Ad    		Work - Ozie Waters Appearance Ad
    Article in the Jan. 16, 1947 Salt Lake City Utah Deseret News about an appearance by Ozie Waters. He was my 1st cousin once removed.
     
  • Notes 
    • Click here for a clip of a song sung by Ozzie Waters,
      http://www.albemarle-callaway.com/pictures/waters/Throw_A_Saddle.mp3
      Throw A Saddle On A Star. Song written by Ozie Waters and Hank Caldwell, recorded by Ozie with The Plainsmen and featuring a steel guitar solo by Joaquin. Use your back button to return to this page.

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      Ozie Waters (and his Colorado Rangers) did musical support from about 1944-1950 in a dozen or more oaters --- he worked with Charles Starrett at Columbia and William Boyd in the Hopalong Cassidy releases via United Artists. Ozie Waters appeared in most of the Durango Kid movies.

      Ozie was born Vernon Scott Waters in Callaway County, Missouri on December 8, 1903.

      At the age of 14, and standing 5' 11", he joined the Navy and was around the world by the time he was 19. He left the Navy standing 6' 3 1/2" tall and had already started his radio career in Hawaii.

      He got the title 'Captain' when the Governor of Colorado commissioned him with the honorary title of 'Captain of the Colorado Rangers'.

      He married Evangeline Baird and had three daughters who grew up singing with him --- Darlene, Melody and Gloria. Darlene made a picture for Walt Disney, SO DEAR TO MY HEART (1949), before they left Hollywood. Ozie Waters passed away from a heart attack on March 10, 1978.

      William 'Hopalong Cassidy' Boyd was Ozie's guest on top of the carousel at Elitch Gardens in Denver Colorado, circa 1950. 30,000 kids that were members of Ozie's Junior Ranger Club showed up.

      http://www.albemarle-callaway.com/pictures/waters/index.html
      more pictures, movie information, and articles can be found here, use your back button to return to this page.
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      In 1930 census, living in apt. 2, 4511 E. 9th St. Kansas City. Mo. Renting for $16.00 no radio. Occupation is hard to read, might be entertainer, industry is radio. Wife named Adell, she is left out of his official biographies.

      Social Security Death Index Recordinfo
      about Vernon Waters
      Name: Vernon Waters
      SSN: 460-09-9764
      Last Residence: 80427 Central City, Gilpin, Colorado, United States of America
      Born: 8 Dec 1903
      Died: Mar 1979
      State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )
     
  • Event Map
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Dec 1903 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: heart attack - 10 Mar 1978 - Central City, Gilpin, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
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