Transcribed and submitted by:

Robert L. Haddock

 

Surnames: WALKER, TACKER, HERRINGTON, ROSENDAHL, LANCE, MELDMAN, GERSTENBURG, FROADMAN, RICHARDSON

 

WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD

Waco, McLennan Co., Texas

Monday, January 3, 1994

 

Billie T. Walker

 

     CEGO--Billie T. Walker of Cego, a rancher and former pro rodeo cowboy, died Sunday at a Waco hospital. He was 67.

     Services will be 10 a.m. on Tuesday at Chilton Baptist Church, the Rev. Curtis Holland and the Rev. Jerry Faught officiating. Burial will be at Cego Cemetery.

     Mr. Walker was born June 6, 1926, in Salado. He was a resident of Cego for 10 years. Prior to living in Cego, he had resided in and around Marlin since 1965. Mr. Walker was in the U. S. Navy. He was a charter member of the Old Timers Rodeo Association and a lifetime member of the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association. He married Gladys Inez Tacker on Aug. 18, 1947, in Marlin. He had been a resident of Falls County since 1965. He was a member of Chilton Baptist Church.

     Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Judy Harrington* of Cego, Peggy Rosendahl of Eddy, Linda Lance of New Braunfels and Billie Rosendahl of Wylie; a son, Ray Walker of Waco; four sisters, Agnes Meldman of Orchard Lake, Mich., Louise Gerstenburg and Ruby Froadman, both of Belton, and Lois Richardson of Austin; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

     Adams Funeral of Marlin is in charge of arrangements.

     * - Should read Herrington-rlh.