Charles Emerson Waters

Charles Emerson "Dink" Waters (November 25, 1910 – August 29, 1979) was an American politician who served in the Georgia State Senate.

Early life Waters was born on November 25, 1910, in Ellijay, Georgia, the son of Emerson Franklin Waters and Sallie (Greer) Waters. He attended Ellijay High School in 1927 and the U.S. Military Academy in 1929. began his political career serving as a state delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention pledged to the Dewey–Warren ticket. Waters served two terms in the Georgia State Senate: from 1955 to 1956 and 1961–1962. On February 6, 1962, he introduced a bill alongside a fellow Senator Ed Perry that would raise county officials salaries in Fannin and Evans counties. In 1964, he was initially the only uncommitted delegate in the Georgia delegation, but would later support Goldwater.

Personal life He married his wife, Emma Lee Jordan, on May 15, 1937. He died on August 29, 1979, aged 68.