Obit of Walters Jr., Edward Elwood - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Gene Phillips 03 Sep 2006 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Rush Springs Cemetery--Rush Springs OK Duncan Banner 18 Dec 2005 Edward Elwood Walters Jr. RUSH SPRINGS - Edward Elwood Walters Jr., 71, of Rush Springs, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, in his home. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Southern Baptist Church with Elmer Whitehead officiating. Burial will be in Rush Springs Cemetery under direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel. ========= Marlow Review 22 Dec 2005 Edward Elwood Walters Jr. Edward Elwood Walters, Jr., 71, of Rush Springs passed away Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, in Rush Springs. Services were held Monday, Dec. 19, at the Southern Baptist Church in Rush Springs, with the Rev. Elmer Whitehead officiating. Burial was in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs. Edward was born Tuesday, June 19, 1934, in Kechi, to Edward Simms and Marion (Goldston) Walters. Edward married Mary Jane Carlton on June 19, 1983, in Chickasha. He lived in Texas and Edmond before moving to Rush Springs in 1976. As he was growing up, everyone knew him as Junior. He graduated from Rush Springs High School in 1952, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, graduated and received his Master's degree from UCO. Ed was a retired schoolteacher and librarian. He taught school from 1973-1996 in Rush Springs, Chickasha and Cyril. Ed also worked as a retail insurance investigator and after his retirement, he worked at Wal-Mart. He was the song leader and deacon of the Missionary Baptist Church in Rush Springs. Ed loved eating, gardening and visiting at the coffee shop. He was a very active member of the Southern Baptist Church where he was involved in the building and grounds and budget and finance committees. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Zackie Walters and Twain Walters; and a sister; Norma Gail Moore; Survivors include his wife, Jane Walters of the home; a son and daughter- in-law, Rick and Lisa Walters of Rush Springs; a daughter, Starla Johns of Oklahoma City; two stepsons, Richy Large and wife Jeanne of Rush Springs, and Todd Large and wife Donna of Ada; a stepdaughter, Malinda Yeiser and husband Erik of Union City; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bobby Walters of Corpus Christi, Texas. and Carey Dan Walters of Oklahoma City; a sister, Sue Huffman of Breckenridge, Texas; a great- aunt, Aileen Webster of Rush Springs; and several nieces and nephews and great- nieces and -nephews. Pallbearers were Boyd Pendley, Bill Evans, Woody Robertson, Cliff Creech, Jack Porter, and Conn Goodwin. Honorary Pallbearers were Dale Jones, Morris McKay and Don Sumrell. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html