Phyllis Westley Tennessee Walker

1922 - 2008  (86 years)

• Name	Phyllis Westley Tennessee Walker  [1]
  Born	16 Feb 1922	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Anecdote	Nov 1941
  	Phyllis and Buster's first child was Janis Irene, who died two days after her birth. Phyllis's youngest daughter Brenda (Easton) Fuller wrote this of Janis's birth, January 2015, posted on FaceBook: ", . . . mom was 83 in 2008 when she passed away. The poem is probably about 68 or 69 years old. Somewhere I also have a copy of the poem/letter she wrote after the loss of Janis Irene, her first baby. She died a couple of days after full term birth. My mom came very close to losing her life at that time as well. It was a tragedy really. Mom was a tiny person and her first night at the hospital the baby had crowned and the nurse could see the hair on the top of her head. The doctor said it would be some time yet. So after letting them both lay there in crazy pain for a couple of days before he came and checked them again my mom was near death and the baby's head had been too long in the birth canal and squeezed with each contraction...she only survived a couple of days after birth. Wouldn't have happened today...but it did back then. Braeley shares Janis's birthday."
  Died	28 Nov 2008	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Buried	1 Dec 2008	Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri
  Obituary	3 Dec 2008	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [2, 3]
  	Obituary, Mountain View Standard "Phyllis Wesley (Walker) Easton Phyllis Wesley (Walker) Easton was born February 16, 1922 to Earl Theodore Walker and Grace Milicene (Campbell) Walker in Howell County, Missouri. She took a chariot ride to Glory on November 28, 2008, at the age of 86 years, 9 months, and 12 days. She was the third of ten children and the first to graduate from high school. She was married to Herbert 'Buster' Easton on her 19th birthday in 1941, in West Plains, Missouri. To this marriage was born four daughters: Janis Irene, Bethel Elaine, Barbara Lynn, and Brenda Louise. She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Grace Walker; infant daughter Janis; husband, Buster Easton; one sister, Mary Wells; one brother, Donald Walker; and two brothers-in-law, Elmer Wells and Monk Smith. She is survived by her daughters, Bethel Long and husband, Ron, Barbara Jester and husband Phil, and Brenda Fuller and husband, Jeff; her grandchildren, Tami Long Durr, Matt Jester, Heather Long Miliken, Shannon Jester Brown, Jenny Long Fox, Alex (Buster Long) Easton, Brad Jester, Richie Jester, Steven Fuller, and Shae Fuller Cooper, together with their spouses; 26 grew grandchildren; five brothers and their spouses, Jack Walker and wife, Lola, Bill Walker and wife, Lou, Max Walker and wife, Kay, Leon Walker and wife, Ozella, Pal Walker and wife, Millie; two sisters, Doyne Smith and Irene Hanson and husband, Carroll; and a host of nieces and nephews, extended family and friends, She was a member of First Christian Church of Mountain View She taught Sunday School for much of her life and was dedicated to the youth until the day she died. She also sang in the choir She attended many churches throughout the years and was faithful, wherever she lived, to attend with her family (from Illinois to California) and served the odd faithfully. She ran a tax service in Mountain View with Buster after moving back ?home.? She was content to live in a cabin in a logging camp or a home in Southern California as long as she had her family with her. She opened her home to many family and friends through her life She loved life, working outside, digging in the dirt, planting flowers and gardens, raking leaves, watching sunsets and sunrises, birds and animals. She loved the mountains and the ocean and everything in between. She had few possessions in this world, but respected and took care of what she had. She loved serving Lord and praying for her family. She never visited foreign fields or preach foreign sermons. She never sent fortunes to help the poor or fee dthe hungry, but she lived her life in such a way that others were encouraged and fed and housed whenever she had the opportunity to serve We miss her already but we know Heaven is richer with her presence. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2008 at Mountain View Christian Church with Pastor Brian Ingalls, Ron Long, and Phil Jester officiating. Interment was in Center Hill Cemetery, Mountain View, Missouri under the direction of Yarber Mortuary, Mountain View."
  	[Same obituary published in The Current Wave, Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri.
  Person ID	I1322	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2015

  
  

  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   [5, 6]
  	Earl and Grace were married in a hotel lobby in West Plains, in a double ceremony with Lee and Bertha Flood. [4]
  Family ID	F1104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert Louis "Buster" Easton,   b. 27 Dec 1919, Missouri, USA ,   d. 24 Jan 1998, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1941	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [7]
  	Married at the preacher's home in West Plains. Buster's brother John was married at the same time.
  Children	1. Janis Irene Easton,   b. 27 Nov 1941,   d. 29 Nov 1941  (Age 0 years)   2. Bethel Elaine Easton + 3. Barbara Lynn Easton + 4. Brenda Louise Easton
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary, Phyllis (Walker) Easton, 2008, Mountain View Standard.>

  
  

• Notes

  Phyllis and Buster first lived in a little house near Pomona in Howell County, MO. They lived in that area for the first 12 or so years of their marriage. Their first three daughters, Janis (who died in infancy), Bethel, and Barbara were born there. They moved to California with Fern Reese and her husband, and lived there for 20 years. Their youngest daughter, Brenda, was born in CA. [8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4122] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 January 2014), entry for Phyllis Easton, 28 November 2008, SS no. [not stated, issued in Missouri before 1951]. [S4289] “Phylis Wesley (Walker) Easton” Mountain View (Missouri) Standard, 3 December 2008, p.4, col. 1; [likely reel no. 31300], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. [S4120] "Shannon County, MOGenWeb Obituaries," transcription, Shannon County, Missouri, GenWeb (http://shannon.mogenweb.org/ : accessed 28 February 2014), entry for Phyllis Wesley Walker Easton; undated, no additional publication data. [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). [S172] Walker - Ozella Butcher Walker (interview), (Informal conversations between Ozella (Butcher) Walker (Mountain View, Missouri) and the author (her niece), 1965-2008; regarding the Earl Walker family). [S716] Easton, Phyllis (Walker), (Informal interviews with Phillis (Walker) Easton (Mountain View, MO), the author's aunt, 1980-2007), In an interview on 7 Oct 2003, at a family lunch at the Mane Event in Mountain View, a birthday lunch for her brother Bill (my father). (Reliability: 3).