CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Dallas Ray Walker, 19 Apr 2004
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Dallas Ray Walker, 76, Winters Private Drive, Elizabethton, died 
Monday April 19, 2004, at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Hospital, 
Mountain Home, TN, following an extended illness.

Mr. Walker was native of Exeter, Va., and had lived in Carter County most 
of his life. He was the son of the late Earl and Lillie Peters Walker. 
He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Edith Evelyn Guy Walker, 
June 26, 1995, a sister, Betty Williams, in 1996, and a brother, Eugene 
Walker, in 1944.

Mr. Walker was a member of Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist Church and a 
retired employee of the Carter County Highway Department. He was a U.S. 
Navy veteran, having served in World War II. 

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Townsend Walker, of the home; a 
daughter and son-in-law, Kaye and Malcolm Weathers, Tampa, Fla.; five 
step-children; several step-grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law, 
Nyoka and Sherrell Perry, Elizabethton; a brother and sister-in-law, 
Gordon and Sharon Walker, Elizabethton; and a brother-in-law, Lucian 
Williams, Mt. Laguna, Calif. Four nieces and two nephews also survive. 

The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, in 
the Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home, with the Rev. Elmer Carter 
and the Rev. Stephen Harris officiating. Music will be under the direction 
of the Rev. Stephen Harris. The family will receive friends at the funeral 
home from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the funeral service. Friends
may also call at the residence, 1009 Winters Private Drive, Elizabethton, 
or at the residence of a sister and brother-in-law, Nyoka and Sherrell 
Perry, 143 Bernie Lewis Road, Elizabethton, any time. The graveside service 
and interment will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 22, at Happy 
Valley Memorial Park with Military Honors to be accorded by the Tennessee 
Army National Guard Troop F 2nd/278 ACR Honor Guard. Active pallbearers 
will be Mac Merritt, Grayson Winters, Don Hardin, Olan Hardin, Joe Lewis, 
Lester Lewis, Dick Peters and Leonard Lewis. Those who plan to attend the 
graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. 
Thursday to go in procession to the cemetery. Those who prefer memorials 
in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Carter County Rescue Squad, 
P.O. Box 682, Elizabethton, TN 37644. Online condolences may be sent to 
the family through our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Elizabethton, (423) 542-2232, is in charge of arrangements. 

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