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Kirby Pipkin Walker III

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Kirby Pipkin Walker III

Birth
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Death
12 Nov 2020 (aged 62)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Kirby Pipkin "Kip" Walker, III, 62, died on November 12, 2020, in Memphis, TN. Born in Honolulu, HI, Kip graduated from Jackson Prep High School in Jackson, MS in 1975. He attended the University of Mississippi where he was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity and earned a Business Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked over 20 years for Flex, Inc. in Memphis as an Associate Data Analyst and Hardware Technician. Kip was also a volunteer reading instructor for Memphis Literacy Council and Shelby County Schools "Team Read" program. He was an avid blues fan and collected regional folk art. He was a fiercely loyal friend with a big heart.

Kip was preceded in death by his grandparents, Kirby Pipkin Walker, Sr. and Francis Settle Walker of Jackson, MS and Willis G Fuqua and Elise Raggio Fuqua of Gainesboro, TN.

He is survived by his parents Kirby Pipkin Walker, Jr. and Patricia Fuqua Walker of Gainesboro, TN; brother William Dominic Walker (Mary) of Knoxville, TN; nephew Willis Reeder Walker of Panama City Beach, FL; and niece Susan Elise Walker of Knoxville, TN.
Kirby Pipkin "Kip" Walker, III, 62, died on November 12, 2020, in Memphis, TN. Born in Honolulu, HI, Kip graduated from Jackson Prep High School in Jackson, MS in 1975. He attended the University of Mississippi where he was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity and earned a Business Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked over 20 years for Flex, Inc. in Memphis as an Associate Data Analyst and Hardware Technician. Kip was also a volunteer reading instructor for Memphis Literacy Council and Shelby County Schools "Team Read" program. He was an avid blues fan and collected regional folk art. He was a fiercely loyal friend with a big heart.

Kip was preceded in death by his grandparents, Kirby Pipkin Walker, Sr. and Francis Settle Walker of Jackson, MS and Willis G Fuqua and Elise Raggio Fuqua of Gainesboro, TN.

He is survived by his parents Kirby Pipkin Walker, Jr. and Patricia Fuqua Walker of Gainesboro, TN; brother William Dominic Walker (Mary) of Knoxville, TN; nephew Willis Reeder Walker of Panama City Beach, FL; and niece Susan Elise Walker of Knoxville, TN.


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  • Added: Dec 9, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219577518/kirby_pipkin-walker: accessed ), memorial page for Kirby Pipkin Walker III (21 Dec 1957–12 Nov 2020), Find a Grave Memorial ID 219577518, citing Draper Memorial Cemetery, Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by wejjr (contributor 47720607).