Collinsville - Joseph David Walkup, 65, member of a pioneer family and resident on one farm in the Ethel community for about half a century, died at his home at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday after a short illness of pneumonia and a heart ailment.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Collinsville Methodist church, with the Rev. A.H. Bates, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in the Collinsville cemetery directed by Talley, Sherman.
Mr. Walkup was born Feb. 14, 1875, in Benton County, Ark., a son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Walkup.  He was married Aug. 15, 1897, to Miss Maude Watts of Collinsville.  He had been a resident of the county 51 years.
Survivors include his wife; eight daughters, Mr. O.E. Box of Houston; Mrs. J.A. Ballard of Dorchester; Mrs. Burt Flowers of Lorenzo; Mrs. Charles Goodman of Collinsville; Mrs. James Pilcher of Ethel; and Neva Jo, Helen and Mary Jane Walkup of Ethel; three sons, Roy and Frank Walkup of Ethel and Robert Walkup of Collinsville; and one brother, William Walkup of Okemah, Okla.  He is also survived by 14 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be George Graham, Jim Pilcher, L. McFarlin, Charles Goodman, Will Sanders and Lee Saunders.

Sherman Democrat
February 5, 1954
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MAUDIE ELLEN WALKUP DIES IN WHITESBORO
Collinsville, Texas  - After several months illness, Mrs. Maudie Ellen Walkup, 73, died Thursday at 11 a. m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Ballard of Whitesboro. Mrs. Walkup lived in Collinsville.  Funeral will be Saturday, 2:30 p.m. in Collinsville Methodist Church with burial in Collinsville Cemetery directed by Richards-Beck Funeral Home of Whitesboro.
Mrs. Walkup was born February 22, 1880 in Hannibal, Missouri, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. P.N. Watts. She married J.D. Walkup, August 17, 1897 in Collinsville.
Surviving are three sons, R.N. Walkup and R.E. Walkup, both of Houston and B.F. Walkup of Dorchester; eight daughters, Mrs. O.E. Box and Mrs. J.G. Pilcher, both of Houston, Mrs. Ballard of Whitesboro, Mrs. B.W. Flowers of Crosbyton, Mrs. J.J. Pilcher of Whitesboro, Mrs. M.E. Neely and Mrs. C.C. Goodman, both of Collinsville and Mrs. J.T. Thomas of Bells; two brothers, J.P. Watts of Lawton, Okla. and H/N? Watts of Port Arthur; two sisters, Mrs. A.E. Hutton of Collinsville and Mrs. Walter Bard of Lawton; 26 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.