Funeral services for Ted M. Waites, Sr., age 78, of Dexter, will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 5, 2013, at Dexter Assembly of God. Rev. Brad Nowell will officiate. Burial will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Mr. Waites died Thursday, January 03, 2013. Mr. Waites was a retired cabinet maker and a member of Mount Carmel Baptist Church. He enjoyed gardening and was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, W. C. Waites and Juanita Daniel Waites; brother, Hugh Waites; and sisters, Joyce McClendon, and Faye Madden. Survivors include his wife of fifty-six years, Annette M. Waites, of Dexter; children, Ted M. (Patsy) Waites, Jr., of Dublin, Beverly W. (Danny) Tolbert, and E. Lee Waites, both of Dexter; grandsons, Trey M. (Samatha) Waites, and Troy B. Waites, both of Dublin. Flowers are accepted or donations made to the Gideons or Dexter Volunteer Fire Department.