Services for Edgar Elmore Walker, 87 of Collinsville were held Wednesday
at 2 p.m. at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Hugh Newsom and Rev.
Charles Hite conducting the services. Mr. Walker died Monday at the
Collinsville Care Home from an extended illness.
Burial was at the Mt. Zion cemetery under the direction of Richards
Funeral Home.
Mr. Walker was born on September 12, 18__ in Fort Knox, Tenn, a son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Walker. He married Beulah Cox on January 26,
1910 at Collinsville.
He was a retired farmer and a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church
where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Clarence Walker of Dallas; four
daughters, Mrs. Frances Johnson of Gainesville, Mrs. Thelma Russell of
Collinsville, Mrs. Viola Woody of Duncan, Okla., and Mrs. Dorothy Bishop
of Grand Prairie; 12 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild;
two grandchildren, deceased; and one son, deceased.
Whitesboro News-Record
February 14, 1980
Services
for Mrs. Ettie Beulah Walker, 89, of Collinsville were held Saturday,
February 9 at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, southwest of
Collinsville. She died Thursday, February 7, 1980 at the
Collinsville Care Home. Bro. Hugh Newsome of the Collinsville
Miller Memorial Baptist Church conducted the services. Burial was
at the Mt. Zion Cemetery under the direction of Huff Funeral Home of
Whitesboro.
Mrs.
Walker was born on September 20, 1890 in Cooke County, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A.G.W. Cox. She married Edgar Elmore Walker, who
preceded her in death on March 8, 1977 [sic]. Mrs. Walker was a
housewife and a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Survivors
include four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Bishop of Grand Prairie, Mrs.
Thelma Russell and Mrs. Frances Johnson, both of Gainesville, and Mrs.
Viola Woody of Duncan, Oklahoma; 12 grandchildren; 17
great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers
were Jerry Russell, Delmer Decker, Johnnie Russell, Bob Johnson, Danny
Bishop, Bill Johnson, Albie Walker, and Jimmy Russell.