1920 - 2006 (85 years)
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Name |
Mary Odessa Walker |
Born |
13 May 1920 |
Missouri, USA |
- Mary was born in what my father refers to as "a temporary place on the corner, where we turn off of highway 17."
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Gender |
Female |
Died |
1 Jan 2006 |
Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA |
Obituary |
11 Jan 2014 |
Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA [1] |
Obituary, Mountain View StandardMary 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 |
Person ID |
I1320 |
Full | ProgenitorWalker |
Last Modified |
29 Jan 2014 |
Father |
Earl Theodore Walker, b. 31 Mar 1894, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 21 Sep 1983, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 89 years) |
Mother |
Grace Milicene Campbell, b. 18 Jan 1898, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 14 May 1983, Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 85 years) |
Married |
11 Oct 1917 |
West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [3, 4] |
- Earl and Grace were married in a hotel lobby in West Plains, in a double ceremony with Lee and Bertha Flood. [2]
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Family ID |
F1104 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Elmer Lewis Wells, b. 9 Nov 1913, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri , d. 12 May 2001, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years) |
Married |
19 May 1938 |
Oakland, Alameda County, California [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.
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Children |
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Last Modified |
23 Feb 2020 |
Family ID |
F541 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S4141] "Obituaries: Mary Odessa Wells," The Mountain View (Missouri) Standard), 11 January 2006, p. 5, cols. 1-2.
- [S315] Walker, Grace (Campbell) - Oral History, (Informal conversations with Grace M. (Campbell) Walker, the author's grandmother, from 1960 until her death in 1983).
- [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.).
- [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).
- [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).
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