Submitted by
Ken Gates
Published in the Waco
Tribune-Herald from 3/24/2008 - 3/25/2008
M. T. “Jack” Walker
August 24, 1916 – March 22,
2008
M. T. "Jack" Walker,
91, of Golinda, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2008. Funeral services will be 2
p.m. Wednesday, March 26, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Dr., Waco,
with the Rev. Bill Schibler officiating. Burial will follow at Chilton Cemetery.
The family will receive visitors Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Jack was born Aug. 24,
1916, in Lott, to John Charles Walker and Marie (McBee) Walker. He served in the
Army Air Corp during World War II. He was a long time farmer and rancher. He
married Ruby Leona Ivey on May 28, 1937, in Lott. He retired from Texas Highway
Department. He worked with Golinda Water Department and was very active in civic
and community affairs. He was a Master Mason with 50 years of service and was a
member of the Chilton Masonic lodge and was a Shriner.
He was preceded in
death by his wife, Ruby Leona Walker on Dec. 8, 2006; a son, Charles "Sonny"
Walker; four brothers; and one sister.
He is survived by a
daughter-in-law, Joyce Walker; grandson, Charles "Bubba" Walker and wife, Teresa
of Elm Mott; granddaughter, Lisa Vaughan and husband, Keith of China Spring;
great-grandchildren, Destiny Walker, Cassidy Walker, Logan Vaughan, Tyler
Walker, Madison Walker, Seth Vaughan and Kaitlyn Walker; two sisters-in-law; and
a long time family friend, Charlie Hawkins Jr.