*~*~ ED LORIS "BUSTER" WALKER ~*~*

Funeral service for Ed Loris "Buster" Walker will be Wednesday June 5, 2013 at St John Lutheran Church 218 North 3rd St Wallis TX Visitation 10 AM with service to follow at 11 A.M. A luncheon will be served at the church immediately following service.

Full Military Honors graveside service will be Thursday June 6, 2013 at Pool Cemetery Hwy 149 North of Montgomery TX at 11 A.M. A luncheon will be served immediately after service at the cemetery chapel.

OBITUARY

ED LORIS WALKER
14 Sep 1933 -- 28 May 2013

Ed Loris Walker was the 10th child born to Ed Lee Walker and Wiley Louise "Louie" White Walker at the "Old Granddaddy Walker" home on Tahuaya Road in Bell Co., TX. Ed passed away in the Veteran's Hospital Hospice Care Unit Temple, TX into the arms of his Savior, Jesus, on 28 May 2013 after a 7 year battle with prostrate cancer.

Ed grew up in the Bell County area where his grandparents, William Winston Walker, Sarah Adams Kirkpatrick Walker, George Prentice "Ponto" White and Mary Ann Cearley White settled in the 1860's. Ed attended Bell County public schools and accepted Jesus as his savior at an early age. He learned the farming and ranching trades under his father's guidance.

On September 21, 1950, seven days after his 17th birthday, Ed joined the US Army. He served in Korea celebrating his 18th birthday as he would tell us "in a foxhole dodging enemy fire". Ed returned to the US in July 1952, but soon after volunteered to return to Korea, however he was re-assigned to Hokkaido, Japan for the remainder of his tour. He was honorably discharged January 1954 in San Antonio, TX.

After spending a few months in Houston, Ed moved to Corpus Christi, TX where he learned the plumbing trade with his brother, Tommy. In his spare time on the weekends Ed rode bulls in the area Rodeos, winning several events and earning a sliver belt buckle.

In 1956 Ed returned to Houston and entered into a partnership with his brother, Bill Walker, in the used car business, a partnership that would last 13 years. In 1969 Ed accepted a position with Clarady Industries of Houston becoming lead manager in a very short time. He did not like being inside and returned to plumbing working for Leslie Plumbing doing repair work, then John Moore Plumbing and eventually Frank's Plumbing where he ran the repair department until he went into business for himself in 1977. In 1981 Ed moved his family to Leander TX where he did the plumbing on many custom homes in Lake Way, Lago Vista, Austin, Round Rock, Pflugerville and Cedar Park. He did commercial plumbing for Chasco Constructors in Round Rock, plumbing the Cedar Park Library,Pizza Hut, Austin Metro Park & Ride in Cedar Park, and the Toyota Dealership in Round Rock.

In 1995 Ed retired and moved to Cuero to be near his favorite salt water fishing places. In 1998 Ed once again returned to plumbing due to the Flood that destroyed so many homes and businesses in and around Cuero, retiring again in 2002 and moved to the Forest Oaks subdivision in Altair, Texas, where once again Ed built the family home --his fourth one -- doing much of the work himself.

In early 1957 Ed's sister-in-law, Lucia "Lucie" Walker, arranged a blind date for him with one of her co-workers, Betty Lang. Ed and Betty were married 2 months and 4 days later and celebrated 56 years of marriage on May 4, 2013.

Ed is preceded in death by his parents Ed Lee and Wiley Louise White Walker and step mother, Lemmie Ida Grimm Hess Walker; 4 brothers A. W. Walker, Willie Dee "Bill" Walker, Houston Thomas "Tommy" Walker and Fred Hess; 2 brothers-in-law, Kenneth Wolff and Arnold Raabe ; 4 sisters Katie Walker Hess Raabe, Hettie Lou Walker Raabe, Evelyn Walker Cohen, and Ann Walker Estridge.

Ed is survived by his wife Betty Walker; 2 daughters Sandra "Sandi" Walker of Altair and Sharon "Sheri" Anderson of Australia; 3 granddaughters Amanda Sansom of Austin,TX, Emily Sansom and Alexandra "Allie" Anderson of Australia; his son-in-law David Anderson of Australia and former son-in-law Joe Sansom of Leander, TX

Ed is also survived by 4 sisters: Clara Walker Stone Edgebert Blair and Dorothy Hess Smith Cole (Al) both of Temple, TX, Fay Walker (Kenneth) Copeland and Cewilla Walker Wolff all of Belton, TX and 4 brothers:Roy (Vicki) Walker of Colorado Springs, CO, Robert (Sandra) Walker, Jesse (JoAnn) Walker all of Belton, TX and Claude (Gloria) Hess of Little River Academy, TX as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, his friends at St John Lutheran Church of Wallis, TX and his many friends in Forest Oaks Subdivision of Altair, TX. He is also survived by his close friends Dick Carr, Gabe & Eva Guardiola, and Don Trahan.

Ed was a Master Plumber over 40 years, a licensed pilot and loved fishing, bull riding and taking care of his yard and his dog "Shep". He was a member of the Korean War Veterans Association Chapter #223 of Victoria, TX and a life member of the VFW Post #8783 of Eagle Lake, TX. Ed was active in the Chamber of Commerce of Lago Vista, TX serving as Vice President in 1987 and was a member of the Home Builders Association of Lago Vista, TX. Ed also served on the Forest Oaks (Altair, TX) Water Supply Board of Directors for 6 years.

Eagle Lake Funeral Home 607 N. McCarty, Eagle Lake, TX 77434 in charge of arrangements with Pastor Bill Mosley and Pastor Kirstin Springmeyer officiating.

In Lieu of flowers please consider memorials to

St John Lutheran Church
218 3rd Street
P O Box 307
Wallis, TX 77485

or

The Korean War Veterans Association Chaper #223
Att: Commander Werner Lamprecht
607 Berwick Street
Victoria TX 77904