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Mary Odessa Walker

Mary Odessa Walker

Female 1920 - 2006  (85 years)

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  • Name Mary Odessa Walker 
    Born 13 May 1920  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mary was born in what my father refers to as "a temporary place on the corner, where we turn off of highway 17."
    Gender Female 
    Died 1 Jan 2006  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary 11 Jan 2014  Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Obituary, Mountain View Standard
    Mary Odessa Wells was born Mary 13, 1920 in Mountain View, Missouri the daughter of Earl and Grace Campbell Walker. She passed away on January 1, 2006 in Mountain View, Missouri at the age of 85.

    In 1938, she was united in marriage to Elmer Wells in Oakland, California. To this union, two daughters were born.

    Mary is preceded in death by her husband; her parents; and one great-grandchild.

    She is survived by her two daughters, Lexi Thorn of Pensavola, Florida and Patti Potter of Winterville, Georgia; six brothers, Donald Walker of Upland, California, Jack Walker of Mountain View, Missouri, Bill Walker of Beaverton, Oregon, Max Walker of Springfield, Missouri, Leon Walker of Mountain View, Missouri and Paul Walker of Fairgrove, Missouri; three sisters, Phyllis Easton and Doyne Smith both of Mountain View, Missouri and Irene Hanson of Willow Springs, Missouri; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

    Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Mountain View, Missouri with Dr. Daryl Walker, Wayne Walker and Phil Jester officiating. Interment was in Walker Chapel Cemetery in Trask, Missouri.

    Arrangements were under the direction of Yarber Mortuary, Mountain View, Missouri. 
    Buried Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1320  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2014 

    Father Earl Theodore Walker,   b. 31 Mar 1894, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1983, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Grace Milicene Campbell,   b. 18 Jan 1898, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1983, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1917  West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • Earl and Grace were married in a hotel lobby in West Plains, in a double ceremony with Lee and Bertha Flood. [2]
    Family ID F1104  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elmer Lewis Wells,   b. 9 Nov 1913, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 2001, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 19 May 1938  Oakland, Alameda County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Mary got to know Elmer in Mountain View, and became engaged to him. He subsequently moved to California, and although she considered herself to be engaged, she actually continued dating. She had given her word to Elmer, so when he asked her to come to California to him to be married, she did. Her parents would not allow her to be married before she was 18, but a few days after her 18th birthday she took a train to California, where Elmer met her at the station. They had to apply for a marriage license and wait three days. During this period, she stayed with some friends of Elmer's sister Vera Gulley (whose husband was Owen - they were the parents of Lola Gulley who married Jack WALKER). They were married at the home of those friends. Vera and Owen were moving back to Missouri around that time, and Elmer and Mary took over the rented house which they had vacated. Mary said that when she went back to that house with Elmer, her new husband, she had not seen him for 18 months. Mary and Elmer were married for around 60 years and raised two wonderful daughters.
    Children 
    +1. Lexie Nadine Wells
    +2. Patricia Jean Wells
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2020 
    Family ID F541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Elmer Wells and wife, Mary Odessa Walker
    Elmer Wells and wife, Mary Odessa Walker

    Documents
    Obituary, Mary Odessa (Walker) Wells, 2006
    Obituary, Mary Odessa (Walker) Wells, 2006
    "Obituaries: Mary Odessa Wells," The Mountain View (Missouri) Standard, 11 January 2006, p. 5, cols. 1-2.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4141] "Obituaries: Mary Odessa Wells," The Mountain View (Missouri) Standard), 11 January 2006, p. 5, cols. 1-2.

    2. [S315] Walker, Grace (Campbell) - Oral History, (Informal conversations with Grace M. (Campbell) Walker, the author's grandmother, from 1960 until her death in 1983).

    3. [S314] Walker, Earl - marriage license, (Marriage license, Earl T. Walker and Grace M. Campbell, Howell County, Missouri, Howell County Recorder's Office, West Plains, Missouri (11 Oct 1917); licenses filed chronologically.).

    4. [S3974] Howell County, Missouri, application and affidavit for marriage license, license no. 192, Earl T. Walker-Grace M. Campbell, 11 October 1917; digital images, "Missouri, County Marriage Records, 1819-1969," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 October 2013).

    5. [S171] Wells, Mary (Walker) - informal conversations, (Informal converstions with Mary (Walker) Wells, the author's aunt, summer 2005, at the Wells home in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri).