NEAL WALTON TO BE BURIED HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Neal Walton, 36, native of Corsicana, who died at an early hour Friday morning in the National Home of Discharged Volunteer Soldiers, Marion, Ind., will be held from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton, 2021 West Seventh avenue, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. He had been in Indiana since July 7, 1930, and had been seriously ill since December.
During the war, Mr. Walton was a lieutenant in the United States army.
Surviving are his parents, one brother, Lanier Walton, New Orleans, La.; and one sister, Mrs. Camille Lagou, Drumwright, Oklahoma.
Mr. Walton resided in Corsicana practically all of life and was well-know here.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Bergin and Rev. A. C. Carraway, pastor and assistant pastor, respectively, of the First Methodist church.
Mrs. Ruth Williams will have charge of the music.
The body will arrive in Corsicana Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock on the Southern Pacific passenger train and will be carried to the Walton residence. The body left Marion, Ind. Friday night and left St. Louis Saturday morning.
Pallbearers will be George F. Baum, Virgil Williamson, W. E. Pugh, Dr. O. L. Smith, J. N. Royall, Sr., E. D. McCarver, S. J. Miles and Dock Sheets.
Corley-McMahon Funeral will direct the funeral.
Neal Walton was born in Corsicana July 5, 1894, the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton. He received his education in the Corsicana public schools, and also occupied himself in his father's furniture store.
He left school at the age of 18, and at twenty was assigned the management of one of Corsicana's largest retail establishments. At twenty-two he was one of the first drawn for military service, entering the United States army as a private in the Ninety-first division. He received rapid promotions to a corporalship and then sergeantry, and was then sent to an officers training camp, winning his commission.
After reaching a seaport for transporting to the European front, he was detached from the Ninetieth Division, and sent to Camp Lewis near Seattle, Washington, as an instructor where he remained to the end of the war.
After receiving his discharge from active service, he retained his reserve commission for two years, but press of business duties prevented his attending the summer camps, and he resigned his commission. Returning to Corsicana he spent two years in the Corsicana store of the Walton Furniture company, then took over the management of a branch store in Mexia, continuing in this capacity for several years. He then went to Los Angeles, Calif., where he engaged in the real estate business until his health failed.
He entered the National Home for Discharged Volunteer Soldiers at Marion, Ind., in July, 1930, but he gradually grew weaker, succumbing on February 13, 1931. Whenever able to attend services at a Methodist church near Marion, he played the piano for special services, and took an active part in church activities.
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WWI Veteran
The Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Feb 17, 1931
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
Funeral services for Neal Walton, 36, native of Corsicana, who died at an early hour Friday morning in the National Home of Discharged Volunteer Soldiers, Marion, Ind., will be held from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton, 2021 West Seventh avenue, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. He had been in Indiana since July 7, 1930, and had been seriously ill since December.
During the war, Mr. Walton was a lieutenant in the United States army.
Surviving are his parents, one brother, Lanier Walton, New Orleans, La.; and one sister, Mrs. Camille Lagou, Drumwright, Oklahoma.
Mr. Walton resided in Corsicana practically all of life and was well-know here.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Bergin and Rev. A. C. Carraway, pastor and assistant pastor, respectively, of the First Methodist church.
Mrs. Ruth Williams will have charge of the music.
The body will arrive in Corsicana Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock on the Southern Pacific passenger train and will be carried to the Walton residence. The body left Marion, Ind. Friday night and left St. Louis Saturday morning.
Pallbearers will be George F. Baum, Virgil Williamson, W. E. Pugh, Dr. O. L. Smith, J. N. Royall, Sr., E. D. McCarver, S. J. Miles and Dock Sheets.
Corley-McMahon Funeral will direct the funeral.
Neal Walton was born in Corsicana July 5, 1894, the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton. He received his education in the Corsicana public schools, and also occupied himself in his father's furniture store.
He left school at the age of 18, and at twenty was assigned the management of one of Corsicana's largest retail establishments. At twenty-two he was one of the first drawn for military service, entering the United States army as a private in the Ninety-first division. He received rapid promotions to a corporalship and then sergeantry, and was then sent to an officers training camp, winning his commission.
After reaching a seaport for transporting to the European front, he was detached from the Ninetieth Division, and sent to Camp Lewis near Seattle, Washington, as an instructor where he remained to the end of the war.
After receiving his discharge from active service, he retained his reserve commission for two years, but press of business duties prevented his attending the summer camps, and he resigned his commission. Returning to Corsicana he spent two years in the Corsicana store of the Walton Furniture company, then took over the management of a branch store in Mexia, continuing in this capacity for several years. He then went to Los Angeles, Calif., where he engaged in the real estate business until his health failed.
He entered the National Home for Discharged Volunteer Soldiers at Marion, Ind., in July, 1930, but he gradually grew weaker, succumbing on February 13, 1931. Whenever able to attend services at a Methodist church near Marion, he played the piano for special services, and took an active part in church activities.
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WWI Veteran
The Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Feb 17, 1931
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
NEAL WALTON TO BE BURIED HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Neal Walton, 36, native of Corsicana, who died at an early hour Friday morning in the National Home of Discharged Volunteer Soldiers, Marion, Ind., will be held from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton, 2021 West Seventh avenue, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. He had been in Indiana since July 7, 1930, and had been seriously ill since December.
During the war, Mr. Walton was a lieutenant in the United States army.
Surviving are his parents, one brother, Lanier Walton, New Orleans, La.; and one sister, Mrs. Camille Lagou, Drumwright, Oklahoma.
Mr. Walton resided in Corsicana practically all of life and was well-know here.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Bergin and Rev. A. C. Carraway, pastor and assistant pastor, respectively, of the First Methodist church.
Mrs. Ruth Williams will have charge of the music.
The body will arrive in Corsicana Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock on the Southern Pacific passenger train and will be carried to the Walton residence. The body left Marion, Ind. Friday night and left St. Louis Saturday morning.
Pallbearers will be George F. Baum, Virgil Williamson, W. E. Pugh, Dr. O. L. Smith, J. N. Royall, Sr., E. D. McCarver, S. J. Miles and Dock Sheets.
Corley-McMahon Funeral will direct the funeral.
Neal Walton was born in Corsicana July 5, 1894, the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton. He received his education in the Corsicana public schools, and also occupied himself in his father's furniture store.
He left school at the age of 18, and at twenty was assigned the management of one of Corsicana's largest retail establishments. At twenty-two he was one of the first drawn for military service, entering the United States army as a private in the Ninety-first division. He received rapid promotions to a corporalship and then sergeantry, and was then sent to an officers training camp, winning his commission.
After reaching a seaport for transporting to the European front, he was detached from the Ninetieth Division, and sent to Camp Lewis near Seattle, Washington, as an instructor where he remained to the end of the war.
After receiving his discharge from active service, he retained his reserve commission for two years, but press of business duties prevented his attending the summer camps, and he resigned his commission. Returning to Corsicana he spent two years in the Corsicana store of the Walton Furniture company, then took over the management of a branch store in Mexia, continuing in this capacity for several years. He then went to Los Angeles, Calif., where he engaged in the real estate business until his health failed.
He entered the National Home for Discharged Volunteer Soldiers at Marion, Ind., in July, 1930, but he gradually grew weaker, succumbing on February 13, 1931. Whenever able to attend services at a Methodist church near Marion, he played the piano for special services, and took an active part in church activities.
Notes:
WWI Veteran
The Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Feb 17, 1931
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
Funeral services for Neal Walton, 36, native of Corsicana, who died at an early hour Friday morning in the National Home of Discharged Volunteer Soldiers, Marion, Ind., will be held from the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton, 2021 West Seventh avenue, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with interment in Oakwood Cemetery. He had been in Indiana since July 7, 1930, and had been seriously ill since December.
During the war, Mr. Walton was a lieutenant in the United States army.
Surviving are his parents, one brother, Lanier Walton, New Orleans, La.; and one sister, Mrs. Camille Lagou, Drumwright, Oklahoma.
Mr. Walton resided in Corsicana practically all of life and was well-know here.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. J. W. Bergin and Rev. A. C. Carraway, pastor and assistant pastor, respectively, of the First Methodist church.
Mrs. Ruth Williams will have charge of the music.
The body will arrive in Corsicana Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock on the Southern Pacific passenger train and will be carried to the Walton residence. The body left Marion, Ind. Friday night and left St. Louis Saturday morning.
Pallbearers will be George F. Baum, Virgil Williamson, W. E. Pugh, Dr. O. L. Smith, J. N. Royall, Sr., E. D. McCarver, S. J. Miles and Dock Sheets.
Corley-McMahon Funeral will direct the funeral.
Neal Walton was born in Corsicana July 5, 1894, the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walton. He received his education in the Corsicana public schools, and also occupied himself in his father's furniture store.
He left school at the age of 18, and at twenty was assigned the management of one of Corsicana's largest retail establishments. At twenty-two he was one of the first drawn for military service, entering the United States army as a private in the Ninety-first division. He received rapid promotions to a corporalship and then sergeantry, and was then sent to an officers training camp, winning his commission.
After reaching a seaport for transporting to the European front, he was detached from the Ninetieth Division, and sent to Camp Lewis near Seattle, Washington, as an instructor where he remained to the end of the war.
After receiving his discharge from active service, he retained his reserve commission for two years, but press of business duties prevented his attending the summer camps, and he resigned his commission. Returning to Corsicana he spent two years in the Corsicana store of the Walton Furniture company, then took over the management of a branch store in Mexia, continuing in this capacity for several years. He then went to Los Angeles, Calif., where he engaged in the real estate business until his health failed.
He entered the National Home for Discharged Volunteer Soldiers at Marion, Ind., in July, 1930, but he gradually grew weaker, succumbing on February 13, 1931. Whenever able to attend services at a Methodist church near Marion, he played the piano for special services, and took an active part in church activities.
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The Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light - Feb 17, 1931
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