Emmett M. Walker, 88, of West Liberty, died at Richland Memorial Hospital April 9, 2005.
Mr. Walker was born January 7, 1917, in Sherman, Texas, the son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Lou Stevens Walker. He married Bonnie Laura Moore November 19, 1946 in Morganfield, KY. They were married 58 years.
He worked in the oil fields as a roustabout for Pure Oil and Unocal for 42 years until his retirement in 1979. He served in the U. S. Army from September, 1946 to May, 1947.
He was in the 149th Replacement Battalion and served in Pisa, Italy. He was a member of Ste. Marie American Legion Post 932 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4226 in Olney.
Survivors include his wife; three children, David, Dennis Joe, and Jackie Sue Scott; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and preceding him in death were his parents.
Funeral services were held at Stasi-Grove Funeral Home with burial in Crest Haven Memorial Park near Claremont.
(Hometown Journal)
Mr. Walker was born January 7, 1917, in Sherman, Texas, the son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Lou Stevens Walker. He married Bonnie Laura Moore November 19, 1946 in Morganfield, KY. They were married 58 years.
He worked in the oil fields as a roustabout for Pure Oil and Unocal for 42 years until his retirement in 1979. He served in the U. S. Army from September, 1946 to May, 1947.
He was in the 149th Replacement Battalion and served in Pisa, Italy. He was a member of Ste. Marie American Legion Post 932 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4226 in Olney.
Survivors include his wife; three children, David, Dennis Joe, and Jackie Sue Scott; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and preceding him in death were his parents.
Funeral services were held at Stasi-Grove Funeral Home with burial in Crest Haven Memorial Park near Claremont.
(Hometown Journal)
Emmett M. Walker, 88, of West Liberty, died at Richland Memorial Hospital April 9, 2005.
Mr. Walker was born January 7, 1917, in Sherman, Texas, the son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Lou Stevens Walker. He married Bonnie Laura Moore November 19, 1946 in Morganfield, KY. They were married 58 years.
He worked in the oil fields as a roustabout for Pure Oil and Unocal for 42 years until his retirement in 1979. He served in the U. S. Army from September, 1946 to May, 1947.
He was in the 149th Replacement Battalion and served in Pisa, Italy. He was a member of Ste. Marie American Legion Post 932 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4226 in Olney.
Survivors include his wife; three children, David, Dennis Joe, and Jackie Sue Scott; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and preceding him in death were his parents.
Funeral services were held at Stasi-Grove Funeral Home with burial in Crest Haven Memorial Park near Claremont.
(Hometown Journal)
Mr. Walker was born January 7, 1917, in Sherman, Texas, the son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Lou Stevens Walker. He married Bonnie Laura Moore November 19, 1946 in Morganfield, KY. They were married 58 years.
He worked in the oil fields as a roustabout for Pure Oil and Unocal for 42 years until his retirement in 1979. He served in the U. S. Army from September, 1946 to May, 1947.
He was in the 149th Replacement Battalion and served in Pisa, Italy. He was a member of Ste. Marie American Legion Post 932 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4226 in Olney.
Survivors include his wife; three children, David, Dennis Joe, and Jackie Sue Scott; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and preceding him in death were his parents.
Funeral services were held at Stasi-Grove Funeral Home with burial in Crest Haven Memorial Park near Claremont.
(Hometown Journal)
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Son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Lou Stevens Walker. he maried Bonnie Laura Moore Nov. 19. 1946 in Morganfield, KY.
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