Obituaries:  James Bernard Walton, Sr., Sabine Parish       W-435
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 18, 1988
Submitted by: Ruth Estess
              r.estess@worldnet.att.net




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The Sabine Index

  James Bernard Walton, Sr. - February 18, 1988

  Services were conducted at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel, 8801 Mansfield Road for Mr. James Bernard Walton Sr., 92,
of Shreveport at 2 p.m. Monday, February 15. Monsignor Carson
LaCaze of Saint Mary of the Pines Catholic Church officiated.
Interment was at Centuries Memorial Park. A rosary was held at 7
p.m. on Sunday at Centuries Chapel.

  Mr. Walton, a native of Clayton, Texas and a lifelong resident
of Shreveport, entered into rest Saturday, February 13, 1988, at
heritage Manor South after a lengthy illness. He was retired from
Lee Hardware, where he was the Warehouse Manager for fifty-three
years. He was a Veteran of World I, an original member of
Shreveport Unit National Guard #156 Infantry, a lifetime member
of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member
of the Saint Ann's Catholic Church of Stonewall, La.

  Mr. Walton was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marie
Lugien Walton; one son, James Bernard (J.B.) Walton; one brother,
Turner Walton; four sisters, Willie Brown, Gertie Frazier,
Lucille Manning and Margaret Walton.

  He is survived by one son, Robert D. Walton, Sr. and his wife,
Mary of Mansfield, La., four granddaughters, Cheryl Awtry and her
husband Ted of Shreveport, Anita Wilkerson and her husband, Tommy
of Paris, Texas, Donette Walton Bell and her husband, Richard of
Converse, La. and Paula Walton McCook of Sacramento, Calif.; four
grandsons, James Bernard (Jim) Walton III and his wife, Vickie of
Shreveport, John Keith Walton and his wife, Derona, of
Shreveport, Robert D. Walton Jr. and his wife Kimberly of
Houston, Texas and James V. Walton of Mansfield, two sisters, Era
Walton Gibson of Bossier City and Flora Belle Sherrod of
Shreveport; one brother, Pirkie Walton of Texarkana, Ark.
Fourteen great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were his grandsons.

  The family would like to give special thanks to Dr. P. V.
Blanchard and Heritage Manor South Staff Family requests in lieu
of flowers, donations may be made to the Shrine Hospital for
Crippled Children.