In the 1930s, while selling insurance in Waycross, Loy A. Waters Sr. called on the owner of a local furniture store. He thought it was an interesting business model and decided to move back home to Twin City and open L.A. Waters furniture in 1934. 2014 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of L.A. Waters Furniture, so I asked Loy Waters Sr.'s son Si, who also was born 80 years ago, if he ever thought the company would thrive for so many years.