Obituary of Athlone Maxwell Walker resident of Richland Parish Louisiana
as printed in the Monroe News Star . September 22,2006
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 09/25/2006



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 Athlone Maxwell Walker


Services celebrating the life of Athlone Maxwell Walker, 92, will 
be held at Crew Lake United Methodist Church in Start, LA on Saturday, 
September 23, 2006 at 2:00PM. Officiating will be Rev. Carroll Johnson 
and Dr. Warren Blakeman. Interment will follow in Start Cemetery under
the direction of Brown Holley Funeral Home, Rayville, LA. 

The family will receive friends from 5:00PM until 8:00PM Friday, September 
22, at Brown Holley Funeral Home in Rayville, LA. 

Mrs. Walker was born on September 7, 1914 in Franklinton, LA and passed 
away Thursday, September 21, 2006 in Shreveport, LA. She grew up in 
Stephenson, MS and spent most of her adult life in Rayville, LA. 

Many people throughout Richland Parish knew her as the "Bookmobile Lady". 
A career she enjoyed for 26 years. In her retirement years, she loved 
decorating her yard seasonally for others to enjoy and visiting and taking 
care of shut ins and friends. She was a faithful member of Crew Lake United 
Methodist Church. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Fannie Maxwell; her 
husband, John H. Walker; and her brother G.K. Maxwell. 

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, J. Cloyd and Linda Kay Walker; 
granddaughters and their husbands, Kayla and Brian Barker; Tracey and Bart 
Little; and great grandchildren, Ben and Adam Barker, Grant, Kirk, Kaylin, 
and Garrett Little. 

Pallbearers will be Charles Allen, Dixon Boyd, Joe Brown, Charles Germany, 
Lanny Greaves, Tom Heath, Jackie Henry, and Billy Whitten. 

Honorary pallbearers will be Andrew Cole, Walter Garner, John Hayes, James 
Horace Henry, Pat Patterson, Charlie Ryan, and Hinton Watts. 

Memorials may be made to Crew Lake United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 280, 
Start, LA 71279.