Obituaries: F. T. Walker, 1933, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************


 




From: October 12, 1933 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For F. T. Walker Held October 6

Dies In New Orleans After Several Weeks Illness

F. T. Walker, of Dodson, 79 years of age and member of an old and prominent
family of Winn Parish, died Wednesday afternoon, October 4th, in a sanitarium
at New Orleans, having been ill about two weeks.

Mr. Walker has been a resident of Dodson for many years and during the past
five or six years was engaged in the grocery business.  Mr. Walker's health
had been declining for several months, however, is condition was not regarded
so gravely until a few days before his death.

He is survived by four children, as follows: H. E. Walker, St. Louis, Mo.;
R. F. Walker, New Orleans; Mrs. Chas. L. Shell, Dodson; Mrs. B. M.
Stovall, Dodson; besides a legion of friends and other relatives, all of whom
mourn his passing.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. T. Strain, pastor of the
Simsboro Baptist Church and Rev. H. B. Hysell, pastor of the M. E. Church
South, of Hodge.  Mr. Walker, early in life, became a devout Christian and
affiliated with the Baptist Church.

Rev. Strain and Hysell, in speaking of his life and deeds, complimented him
highly due to the way that he and his family had lived and the part they had
played in the development of the Dodson community.