Beckham Co. - Obit for G.M. "Arkie" Walls

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G.M. "Arkie" Walls

G.M. "Arkie" Walls, 91, of Amarillo, formerly of Pampa, died Saturday, June
12, 2004.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church in
Pampa with John Curry and the Rev. Scott Penrod, pastor, officiating. Burial
will be in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors
of Pampa with military rites accorded by the Marine Corps.

Mr. Walls was born June 23, 1912, in Crossett, Ark. He came to the Pampa area
in 1931 where he resided until moving to Amarillo in 1999. He married Frances
Bowers on Oct. 1, 1939, in Elk City, Okla.

He was a veteran of the Marine Corps, serving during World War II. He farmed
and ranched in Roberts and Gray counties and had oil and gas interests in the
Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma. He was a partner in several family oil
and gas companies. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Pampa
and was a member of the Miami VFW Post. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.

He was preceded in death by his wife on Feb. 12, 2003.

Survivors include three sons, G.M. Walls Jr. and wife, Diana, of Pampa, Wilbur
Walls and wife, Judy, of Lake Tanglewood and Stephen Walls and wife, Diane, of
Hurst; four brothers, James Wall and Carroll Wall, both of Crossett, Roy Wall
of Ruston, La., and Bill Wall of Aurora, Colo.; four sisters, Gladys Duncan of
Phoenix, Pauline Sullivan of Little Rock, Ark., Jimmie Ann Robbins of Houston
and Catherine Ford of Hot Springs, Ark.; seven grandchildren, Autumn Smith and
husband, J.T., and Trae Walls, all of Pampa, Alicia Walls of Amarillo, Jordan
Walls and Chad Tennyson, both of Hurst, and David Philips and Andrea Morris
and husband, Justin, all of Amarillo; and two great-grandchildren, Maddie
Smith and Ian Smith, both of Pampa.

The family suggests memorials be to the VA Nursing Home, 6010 Amarillo Blvd.
West, Amarillo, TX 79106.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Amarillo Globe-News, June 15, 2004