Obituaries:  Waymon L. Walker, Sabine Parish       W-426
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 6, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Waymon L. Walker

  Services for Mr. Waymon L. Walker, 82, of Shreveport, were held
at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 30, at the Wellman Funeral Home Chapel.
Brother Donald L. Raiford, pastor of Westview Christian Church,
where Mr. Walker was a member, officiated. Burial was in Forest
Park Cemetery.

  He died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1983, at Virginia Hall Nursing
Home, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Walker, a native of San
Angelo, Texas, had lived in Ruston, La., most of his life, prior
to moving to Shreveport in 1934. He was a retired engineer for
the Shreveport City Water Department, and a member of the
Shreveport Rose Society.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Grace T. Walker; and one
sister, Mrs. I. T. Williams, both of Shreveport; three nieces,
Helen Grace of Newelton, La., Dorothy Eaves of Shreveport; and
Mary Abington of Many, La.; two nephews, R. F. Williams of
Gastonia, North Carolina, and Ardis Williams of Shreveport.

  Pallbearers were Mack Boykin, James Royce Whittington, Ken
Burnett, Vernon Burges, Rickey Womack, and Ivy Nicewarner.
Honorary pallbearers were Bill Boston, C. O. Thomas, Ardis
Williams, Leonard Abington, and Gary Grace.