I Have Lost My Princess But Heaven Has Gained An Angel
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I Have Lost My Princess But Heaven Has Gained An Angel

Wednesday, August 16, 2017, on a perfectly gorgeous summers eve, my courageous, caring and loving daughter, Alexis Jane Waters, lost her nearly nine-year battle with stage IV metastatic melanoma cancer. Surrounded and supported by an army of family, friends, fellow workers and followers on social media from around the world, she fought and shared her battle against this insidious disease with grace, strength, character and humility in the face of insurmountable odds. Hers is a terrible loss and she was taken from us much too soon.

Alexis Jane Waters’ was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1, 1982. She spent her childhood years in Millcreek, Utah, educated in public schools, graduating from Olympus High School in 1997. She received her BS degree in Phycology with a minor in Sociology from Columbia College. She was incredibly bright and successful in every undertaking she pursued which culminated in her owning and operating her own business before cancer took its toll.

Deeply committed to the planet earth and all its inhabitants while profoundly thankful for the blessings she enjoyed she strongly advocated for social causes and inclusiveness. She loved life and all its goodness. To know her was to love her and from a young age, she shared that love with the world. She leaves behind her parents: Jeffrey and Shirley Waters, her sister, Sarah Elizabeth Waters and a large extended army of family and friends who shared their unconditional love for this extraordinary human being.

The family wishes to thank the Huntsman Cancer Institute for their tireless support that has been Alexis’s second home these past three plus years.

In keeping with Alexis’s strong commitment to finding a cure for this terrible disease, she donated her body to the University of Utah Medical Center. A celebration of life for family and friends will be held at a future date. As per Alexis’ request, please donate in her name to the Huntsman Cancer Institute or the Melanoma Research Foundation.

Finally relieved from the ravages, pain and suffering of cancer, she is now free to soar with the angels and swim with the dolphins.

“Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.” Albert Einstein

To read Alexis’s obituary please go to: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=186427913  

With over a half-century of engagement in the sport of Golf, Jeff Waters has become one of the most accomplished, experienced, and qualified Golf Professionals in the history of the PGA of America. He is a fully certified and trained Master Professional joining an exceedingly small and elite group of Professionals in the World to have achieved this prestigious title. Jeff holds University Degrees in Political Science, Teaching Minors in Economics and Finance, attended graduate school in Commercial Recreation, taught undergraduate classes at the University of Utah, and earned a master’s in business administration. With more than fifty years of experience and success in the business of Golf, Jeff spent ten years playing and competing in the game at all levels ten years laboring as an Assistant Golf Professional, acquiring the job-related skills, responsibilities, and training required for a career in golf, ten years fulfillment as a PGA Head Professional overseeing all aspects of the total golf course operation, three years’ service as Director of Player Development for Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation, administering and managing multiple golf course programs and activities, thirty-three years as a Golf Coach and Instructor at The Rocky Mountain Golf Academy, The University of Utah’s College of Health and the Granite Peaks Community College, teaching and tutoring the game. Additionally, Jeff has spent the last twenty-seven years as the Owner, President, and CEO of Rocky Mountain Golf Enterprises (RMG), a Utah-registered and licensed business offering golf-related services throughout the Western United States utilizing golf as the marketing tool. Finally, Jeff has performed on the national media stage for the past thirty-eight years as an Announcer, Author, Producer, and Talk Radio Host, communicating and sharing the joy, art, and skill that is the Game, Sport, and Challenge of Golf. Jeff, a well-known golf journalist, has been active in print media from an early age. His articles, commentary, and features regularly appear nationwide. He has authored two golf instruction books: “The Ten Commandments of Golf, Proven Principles That Make Your Golf Game Better,” and “The Short Game, the Transition from the Golf Course to the Putting Green.” Both are available as e-book downloads and on Amazon. Jeff penned his first short story while still in his teens and has since published 100’s of commentaries, essays, and instruction pieces in magazines, blogs, internet forums, and other platforms, including Golf Today, Utah Golf Magazine, Utah Golf News, Rocky Mountain Golfer, Fairways Magazine, Jackson Hole Golf News, Talking Golf with the Golf Guy, Voices in the Community.com, and Jeffgolfguy.com. He is the author of multiple books, stories, articles, posts, and evaluations of other writers’ publications. Jeff began his public communications career in High School and has had a constant presence in sports commentary throughout the years, providing play-by-play and color analysis at many diverse levels, including announcing football, baseball, and basketball games, along with local and national golf tournaments, while performing on other media platforms as well. Jeff was an early pioneer in Sports Radio, hosting a weekly talk show, “Talking Golf with the Golf Guy,” broadcasted and aired on various radio stations throughout the regional market, syndicated nationally on The Rocky Mountain Golf Network, and offered on most of the recognized podcast directories and streaming services. Over his extensive announcing career, Jeff has provided the vocal narration for hundreds of voice-overs, commercials, radio programming, sports interviews, tournament updates, blogs, podcasts, audiobooks, and videos, including the original voice work on the best-selling X-Box Links golf game. Jeff also contributed voice and commentary on the Centennial production, “One Hundred Years of the Utah State Amateur,” which is available on iTunes and Apple Music. As a member of the Golf Writers Association of America, Jeff has attended and reported on-site more than a hundred golf tournaments, including an assortment of Major Golf Championships, including The United States Open Championship, The Masters, the PGA Championship, and The Ryder Cup, along with other competitions on the PGA Tours annual tournament schedule. Jeff has produced, directed, and distributed numerous film and video projects as stand-alone presentations while incorporating them within his blog, website, syndicated podcasts, and national radio programming. All are available for review on YouTube. Known as “The Voice of Golf” and “The Golf Guy” throughout the Western United States, Jeff is regularly sought for advice and counsel and often speaks to groups on golf-related subjects. You may contact Jeff by email at jeffgolfguy@att.net and on his website at www.jeffgolfguy.com.