Obituary published in The Lampasas Dispatch, December 29, 1958:
WALTER FERRELL WALKER
Walter F. Walker, long time school teacher and livestock raiser, died shortly after noon last Saturday [December 27, 1958] at his home fourteen miles northeast of Lampasas, after an illness of more than five years. He was 83 years old.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Briggs-Gamel Funeral Home, with the Revs. Alton Patton of Lampasas and Jesse Ayers of the School Creek Baptist Church officiating. Masonic services were held at the graveside in the old Stanley cemetery near the Walker home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Townsen Walker, a former school teacher whom he married in 1951; three sons, Stanley, a former newspaperman who now lives in Lampasas County; Thurman, who owns and operates the Walker Hereford Ranch, and Lewis, who is with the county agricultural agent’s office in Harris County (Houston). Mr. Walker had seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. His first wife, the former Cora Stanley, member of one of the first families to settle in this area, died in 1946. Surviving also is a brother, John Randolph Walker, a Lampasas County rancher.
Walter Walker was born June 25, 1875, in Bastrop County and came from early Texas pioneer stock. His parents were John Grimes Walker, a Civil War veteran and stock-raiser, and the former Miss Nancy Paralee Meek, who lived for many years in Lampasas. The family moved from Bastrop to the Brooks Crossing community when Walter Walker was a boy.
After attending Trinity College, then at Tehuacana, northeast of Waco, Walter Walker became a school teacher, a career which he followed for forty-six years. His first school was at County Line on the border between Lampasas and Coryell Counties. He later taught at the old Unity school near the junction of School Creek and the Lampasas River, at Bend, Copperas Cove, Kempner, and Lampasas.
While teaching at the Unity school in 1920 he developed a track team which won the state championship. He was always interested in athletics. Though only five feet six inches tall and weighing around 150 pounds, he was a powerful wrestler and boxer, a fast runner, and an all around baseball player.
While teaching school he raised livestock on the side, pasturing them on the old School Creek place of Thomas E. Stanley, the father of his first wife, whom he married in 1897. He eventually purchased this place and added other parcels of land to it.
About forty years ago he purchased a registered Hereford bull from Nebraska and with his son, Thurman, began building up what was to become a well known Hereford breeding establishment.
When the national rural electrification movement was started, he became a leader in developing the Hamilton cooperative association, and was active in this work until he was disabled by a stroke in the summer of 1953.
He was for many years active in local and sometimes state Democratic politics. In the 1920s he ran for county judge twice but was defeated each time. He was an active member of the School Creek Baptist Church.
Pallbearers at the funeral were John B. Langford, Sam Shurtleff, Barney Burns, Lloyd Lively, L. D. Higgins, Lewis Criswell, and Martin Ethridge. The singing was in charge of Mrs. Roye Thornal.
WALTER FERRELL WALKER
Walter F. Walker, long time school teacher and livestock raiser, died shortly after noon last Saturday [December 27, 1958] at his home fourteen miles northeast of Lampasas, after an illness of more than five years. He was 83 years old.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Briggs-Gamel Funeral Home, with the Revs. Alton Patton of Lampasas and Jesse Ayers of the School Creek Baptist Church officiating. Masonic services were held at the graveside in the old Stanley cemetery near the Walker home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Townsen Walker, a former school teacher whom he married in 1951; three sons, Stanley, a former newspaperman who now lives in Lampasas County; Thurman, who owns and operates the Walker Hereford Ranch, and Lewis, who is with the county agricultural agent’s office in Harris County (Houston). Mr. Walker had seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. His first wife, the former Cora Stanley, member of one of the first families to settle in this area, died in 1946. Surviving also is a brother, John Randolph Walker, a Lampasas County rancher.
Walter Walker was born June 25, 1875, in Bastrop County and came from early Texas pioneer stock. His parents were John Grimes Walker, a Civil War veteran and stock-raiser, and the former Miss Nancy Paralee Meek, who lived for many years in Lampasas. The family moved from Bastrop to the Brooks Crossing community when Walter Walker was a boy.
After attending Trinity College, then at Tehuacana, northeast of Waco, Walter Walker became a school teacher, a career which he followed for forty-six years. His first school was at County Line on the border between Lampasas and Coryell Counties. He later taught at the old Unity school near the junction of School Creek and the Lampasas River, at Bend, Copperas Cove, Kempner, and Lampasas.
While teaching at the Unity school in 1920 he developed a track team which won the state championship. He was always interested in athletics. Though only five feet six inches tall and weighing around 150 pounds, he was a powerful wrestler and boxer, a fast runner, and an all around baseball player.
While teaching school he raised livestock on the side, pasturing them on the old School Creek place of Thomas E. Stanley, the father of his first wife, whom he married in 1897. He eventually purchased this place and added other parcels of land to it.
About forty years ago he purchased a registered Hereford bull from Nebraska and with his son, Thurman, began building up what was to become a well known Hereford breeding establishment.
When the national rural electrification movement was started, he became a leader in developing the Hamilton cooperative association, and was active in this work until he was disabled by a stroke in the summer of 1953.
He was for many years active in local and sometimes state Democratic politics. In the 1920s he ran for county judge twice but was defeated each time. He was an active member of the School Creek Baptist Church.
Pallbearers at the funeral were John B. Langford, Sam Shurtleff, Barney Burns, Lloyd Lively, L. D. Higgins, Lewis Criswell, and Martin Ethridge. The singing was in charge of Mrs. Roye Thornal.
Obituary published in The Lampasas Dispatch, December 29, 1958:
WALTER FERRELL WALKER
Walter F. Walker, long time school teacher and livestock raiser, died shortly after noon last Saturday [December 27, 1958] at his home fourteen miles northeast of Lampasas, after an illness of more than five years. He was 83 years old.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Briggs-Gamel Funeral Home, with the Revs. Alton Patton of Lampasas and Jesse Ayers of the School Creek Baptist Church officiating. Masonic services were held at the graveside in the old Stanley cemetery near the Walker home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Townsen Walker, a former school teacher whom he married in 1951; three sons, Stanley, a former newspaperman who now lives in Lampasas County; Thurman, who owns and operates the Walker Hereford Ranch, and Lewis, who is with the county agricultural agent’s office in Harris County (Houston). Mr. Walker had seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. His first wife, the former Cora Stanley, member of one of the first families to settle in this area, died in 1946. Surviving also is a brother, John Randolph Walker, a Lampasas County rancher.
Walter Walker was born June 25, 1875, in Bastrop County and came from early Texas pioneer stock. His parents were John Grimes Walker, a Civil War veteran and stock-raiser, and the former Miss Nancy Paralee Meek, who lived for many years in Lampasas. The family moved from Bastrop to the Brooks Crossing community when Walter Walker was a boy.
After attending Trinity College, then at Tehuacana, northeast of Waco, Walter Walker became a school teacher, a career which he followed for forty-six years. His first school was at County Line on the border between Lampasas and Coryell Counties. He later taught at the old Unity school near the junction of School Creek and the Lampasas River, at Bend, Copperas Cove, Kempner, and Lampasas.
While teaching at the Unity school in 1920 he developed a track team which won the state championship. He was always interested in athletics. Though only five feet six inches tall and weighing around 150 pounds, he was a powerful wrestler and boxer, a fast runner, and an all around baseball player.
While teaching school he raised livestock on the side, pasturing them on the old School Creek place of Thomas E. Stanley, the father of his first wife, whom he married in 1897. He eventually purchased this place and added other parcels of land to it.
About forty years ago he purchased a registered Hereford bull from Nebraska and with his son, Thurman, began building up what was to become a well known Hereford breeding establishment.
When the national rural electrification movement was started, he became a leader in developing the Hamilton cooperative association, and was active in this work until he was disabled by a stroke in the summer of 1953.
He was for many years active in local and sometimes state Democratic politics. In the 1920s he ran for county judge twice but was defeated each time. He was an active member of the School Creek Baptist Church.
Pallbearers at the funeral were John B. Langford, Sam Shurtleff, Barney Burns, Lloyd Lively, L. D. Higgins, Lewis Criswell, and Martin Ethridge. The singing was in charge of Mrs. Roye Thornal.
WALTER FERRELL WALKER
Walter F. Walker, long time school teacher and livestock raiser, died shortly after noon last Saturday [December 27, 1958] at his home fourteen miles northeast of Lampasas, after an illness of more than five years. He was 83 years old.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Briggs-Gamel Funeral Home, with the Revs. Alton Patton of Lampasas and Jesse Ayers of the School Creek Baptist Church officiating. Masonic services were held at the graveside in the old Stanley cemetery near the Walker home.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Townsen Walker, a former school teacher whom he married in 1951; three sons, Stanley, a former newspaperman who now lives in Lampasas County; Thurman, who owns and operates the Walker Hereford Ranch, and Lewis, who is with the county agricultural agent’s office in Harris County (Houston). Mr. Walker had seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. His first wife, the former Cora Stanley, member of one of the first families to settle in this area, died in 1946. Surviving also is a brother, John Randolph Walker, a Lampasas County rancher.
Walter Walker was born June 25, 1875, in Bastrop County and came from early Texas pioneer stock. His parents were John Grimes Walker, a Civil War veteran and stock-raiser, and the former Miss Nancy Paralee Meek, who lived for many years in Lampasas. The family moved from Bastrop to the Brooks Crossing community when Walter Walker was a boy.
After attending Trinity College, then at Tehuacana, northeast of Waco, Walter Walker became a school teacher, a career which he followed for forty-six years. His first school was at County Line on the border between Lampasas and Coryell Counties. He later taught at the old Unity school near the junction of School Creek and the Lampasas River, at Bend, Copperas Cove, Kempner, and Lampasas.
While teaching at the Unity school in 1920 he developed a track team which won the state championship. He was always interested in athletics. Though only five feet six inches tall and weighing around 150 pounds, he was a powerful wrestler and boxer, a fast runner, and an all around baseball player.
While teaching school he raised livestock on the side, pasturing them on the old School Creek place of Thomas E. Stanley, the father of his first wife, whom he married in 1897. He eventually purchased this place and added other parcels of land to it.
About forty years ago he purchased a registered Hereford bull from Nebraska and with his son, Thurman, began building up what was to become a well known Hereford breeding establishment.
When the national rural electrification movement was started, he became a leader in developing the Hamilton cooperative association, and was active in this work until he was disabled by a stroke in the summer of 1953.
He was for many years active in local and sometimes state Democratic politics. In the 1920s he ran for county judge twice but was defeated each time. He was an active member of the School Creek Baptist Church.
Pallbearers at the funeral were John B. Langford, Sam Shurtleff, Barney Burns, Lloyd Lively, L. D. Higgins, Lewis Criswell, and Martin Ethridge. The singing was in charge of Mrs. Roye Thornal.
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