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Submitted: 1/6/22 • Approved: 1/7/22 • Last Updated: 1/10/22 • R479677-G0-S3
US Navy
World War I
July 4, 1900-January 9, 1992
Mason
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Frank D. Walker Rites Saturday In Wheeler
Frank D. Walker, Sr., 91, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 1992.
Services were 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church, Rev. Weldon Rives, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Walker, born in Jolly, married Iris Russell in 1928 at Miami, Texas. She died in 1972. He had lived in Wheeler County since 1950. He was a lifetime rancher. He married Mary Bethany in Amarillo in 1973, he became a member of the Masonic Lodges in Mobeetie, Miami and Wheeler. He was past master of the Mobeetie and Miami lodges. He joined the Order of the Easter [sic] Star in 1926 and had been a member of the Mobeetie, Miami, Canadian and Wheeler chapters, where he had served as worthy patron of each chapter.
Mr. Walker had served as scout master of the Wheeler Boy Scout Troop for several years. He was a member of the Adobe Walls executive and advisory boards for 17 years. He was also a member of the Order of the Arrow and received the Silver Beaver Award, he had served on committees in the Red River and Buffalo Wallow districts. He was an honorary member of the Wheeler 4-H and Future Farmers of America Clubs. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War I, serving in the submarine division. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where he served on several boards.
Pallbearers were Gary Davis, Jim Jackson, Jim Lewallen, Jim Montgomery, Walter Simmons, Jack Sparlin.
Honorary pallbearers were other members of Wheeler, Miami and Mobeetie Masonic Lodges.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Frank Walker, Jr., of Santa Fe, N.M.; four sisters, May Cunningham of Henrietta, Mildred Cunningham of Miami, Mrs. Kent Philpott of Pampa and Dorothy Airhart of California; two grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 58, Number 6, Thursday, January 16, 1992, Page 1)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Frank Derrick Walker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 41
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1900
Birth Place: Jolly, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Miami, Roberts, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Miami, Roberts, Texas, USA
Employer: Working For Self
Height: 5 11
Weight: 175
Complexion: Ruddy
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Ines R Walker
Household Members Age Relationship
Frank Derrick Walker 42 Self (Head)
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frank Walker
Death Date: 9 Jan 1992
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Frank D. Walker
Birth Date: 4 Jul 1900
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Death Date: Jan 1992
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