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Submitted: 1/6/22 • Approved: 1/6/22 • Last Updated: 1/9/22 • R479638-G0-S3
April 10, 1905-May 8, 1978
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Ernert [sic] Walker Buried Wednesday
Services for Ernest Robert Walker, 73, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was Wednesday, May 10, 1978, at 3:00 p.m. in First Methodist Church here. The Rev. Ernie McGaughey, pastor, will officiate. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Walker was born at Petrolia and had lived in Albuquerque 15 years. He was a Baptist.
His wife Ethel, preceeded him in death.
Surviving are a brother, Frank of Wheeler, and five sisters, Mrs. Mae Cunningham of Henryetta, Texas, Mrs. Mildred Cunningham and Mrs. Helen Philpott, both of Miami, Texas; Mrs. Catherine Fazzi and Mrs. Dorotha Airhart, both of Los Angeles.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 44, Number 22, Wheeler, Texas, Thursday, My 11, 1978. Page 1)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Walker
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1905
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Petrolia, Clay, Texas, USA
Father: W B Walker
Mother: Mable Walker
Mother Residence: Petrolia
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Ernest Robert Walker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 35
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1905
Birth Place: Petrolia, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Self
Height: 5 11
Weight: 168
Complexion: Ruddy
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Next of Kin: Ethel Erma Walker
Household Members Age Relationship
Ernest Robert Walker 35 Self (Head)
Ethel Erma Walker Wife
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