Marshall County AlArchives Obituaries.....Walden, Burks July 29, 1952
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August 14, 1952 in The Boaz Leader
Burks Walden
Published August 14, 1952 in The Boaz Leader
Burks Walden, age 56, was killed instantly July 29th.
Funeral services were held on July 30 at Forrest Home.  Rev. L. B. Plunkett 
officiated.  Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery with Fiquett-Brown 
Service officiating.
Active pallbearers were the managers and fellow workers of the Farmers Co-
operative Warehouse and Gin Company, where he was employed at the time of the 
accident.
Survivors are wife, Charlcia Dobbs Walden; one son, Urban Walden, East Gadsden; 
two daughters, Mrs. Norman Tillman, Boaz and Mrs. D. M. Foxx, Boaz; three 
granddaughters; mother, Mrs. R. B. Walden, Arab; one brother, Guy Walden; two 
sisters, Mrs. C. B. Lowery and Mrs. H. Hallmark, Boaz.
Flowers were handled by girls of the Whitesville Community.

Additional Comments:
Prominent Farmer Killed By Tractor
Published Thursday, July 31, 1952 in The Boaz Leader
A prominent farmer was killed Tuesday when the tractor which he was driving 
overturned and crushed him.
Burks “Burt” Walden, Boaz, was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Baptist 
Memorial Hospital in Gadsden.  He was 56 years of age.
An employee of the Farmer's Co-operative in Boaz, Walden was clearing and 
grading land near a gin on the Douglas Highway just out of Boaz at the time of 
the accident.
The plow which the tractor was pulling became imbedded in the hard, dry earth.  
In an effort to pull it loose, Walden stepped on the accelerator and released 
the clutch suddenly.  But the plow held firm, flipping the tractor over 
backwards and pinning Walden underneath.
Mrs. Walden and daughter had just driven to the scene and witnessed the traged, 
which occurred about 8:45 a. m..
Well-known throughout the county, Walden was a member of Whitesville Baptist 
Church.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday.
Included in the survivors is a son, U. A. Walden, of 1007 Litchfield Ave., East 
Gadsden.

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