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Submitted: 4/22/21 • Approved: 4/23/21 • Last Updated: 4/26/21 • R411654-G411652-S3
Roy C.
1924-1976
Beloved Husband and Father
Ella Mae
1926-1973
Beloved Wife and Mother
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for Roy
BORGER - Roy Clyde Walker, 51, died Saturday.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Fellowship Baptist Church with the Rev. Max Smiley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery here by Minton Mortuary.
Mr. Walker was a pipefitter for Phillips Petroleum Co. He had lived in Borger since 1950. He was born in Tiger Town and was a member of the Fellowship Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War II, and a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include the widow, Helen Fay, a son, Kenneth of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Kathy Acker of Amarillo and Miss Linda Walker of Borger; six brothers, Isom Walker of Dimmitt, George, Adam and Earl Walker, all of Paris, Tex., Irving Walker of California and Bill Walker of Arkansas; two sisters, Mrs. Della Davis of Dallas and Mrs. Gracie Cole of Arkansas; and three grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 23 Feb 1976, Mon - Page 8)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Roy Clyde Walker
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1924
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA
Father: L L Walker
Father Birth Place: Izzand County, Arkansas
Mother: Martha Pruitt
Mother Birth Place: Texarhana, Texas
Mother Residence: Brookstor, R2
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Name: Roy C Walker
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1942
Marriage Place: Rockwall, Texas, USA
Spouse: Ella May Freeman
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Roy Clyde Walker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 51
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1924
Birth Place: Tigertown, Texas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Feb 1976
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: Ira Walker
Mother: Martha Pruitt
*Ella Mae
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Name: Ella May Freeman
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1942
Marriage Place: Rockwall, Texas, USA
Spouse: Roy C Walker
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ella Walker
Death Date: 6 Apr 1973
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ella Mae Walker
[Ella Mae Freeman]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 46
Birth Date: 31 Dec 1926
Birth Place: Louisiana
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Apr 1973
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Father: Clarence A Freeman
Mother: Maude Laube
Spouse: Roy C Walker
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