Anna May "May" Walker

1901 - 1993  (91 years)

• Name	Anna May "May" Walker  [1, 2]
  	Sometimes seen as "Mae."
  Born	29 Dec 1901	Myron, Izard County, Arkansas, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	4 Apr 1940	Richwoods township, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA   [4]
  	1. Godwin, Elijah R. Jr., head, male, white, 45, male, completed grade 8, Arkansas, same house [1935], farm, employed for pay, 48 hours, farmer, farming, own account, 52 weeks, has other sources of income, farm schedule no. 28 2. _____, May, wife, female, white, 38, married, completed grade 8, Arkansas, lived in Stella, Izard County [1935], farm 3. _____, Jakie [Jackie] L., daughter, female, white, 1 month, Arkansas 4. _____, Ruby, daughter, female, white, 17, attending school, completed 2 years high school, Arkansas, same place [1935] 5. _____, Elijah, Jr., son, male, white, 19, single, not attending school, completed 1 year high school, Arkansas, same place, public emergency work, 48 hours, out of work 48 weeks, Cook CCC [?], kitchen, GW [Government Work], worked 12 weeks, income $90 6. _____, Carl, son, male, white, 14, attending school, completed grade 5, Arkansas, same place 7. _____, Shelby, son, male, whtie, 12, attending school, completed grade 5, Arkansas, same place 8. _____, Curtis, son, male, white, 10, attending school, completed grade 4 9. _____, Elijah W., father, male, white, 82, widowed, completed grade 8, Arkansas, same place, has another source of income
  Obituary	From the Wenatchee (Washington) World, 9 June 1993: :Mae W. Godwin, 91, died Monday, June 7, 1993, in the Cashmere Convalescent Center. She was born Dec. 29, 1901, to Jacob and Mary Lou (Ferguson) Walker at Myron, Ark. She never attended school, but taught herself to read and write. She married Elijah Ransom Godwin on Nov. 8, 1939, at Ash Flat, Ark. He died in 1982. She had been a member of the Baptist Church since 1916. She had moved to Washington when she was 80. She is survived by three sons, Carl Godwin of Salem, Ark, Shelby Godwin of Udall, Kan., and Curtis Godwin of Spokane; three daughters, Jackie Arnold of Grand Coulee, Winnie Evans of Cashmere and Ruby Hastings of East Wenatchee; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Elijah, two brothers, a grandchild and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements are by the Braun Funeral Home, Cashmere.   [3]
  Parents	May's obituary (transcribed to FindAGrave) named her parents as "Jacob and Mary Lou Ferguson Walker."  [5]
  Residence	Abt 1989  [3]
  	Moved to Washington (from Arkansas?) in about 1989.
  Died	7 Jun 1993	Cashmere Convalescent Center, Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington, USA   [3]
  Buried	Cashmere Cemetery, Cashmere, Washington, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I2513	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Jacob R. Walker,   b. 7 Apr 1852, Humphreys County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1937, Izard County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary A. Ferguson,   b. 25 Aug 1869, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 9 May 1924  (Age 54 years)
  Married	21 Jan 1891	Sharp County, Arkansas, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elijah Ransom Goodwin,   b. 22 Dec 1894, Ash Flat, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1982, Ash Flat, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1939	Ash Flat, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Jackie L. Godwin,   b. 22 Feb 1940, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F1940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Jacob R. Walker, 1930 Izard County, Arkansas, census 1. Walker, Jake R., head, renting farm, male, white, 78, married 38 years, can read and write, Tennessee, North Carolina, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 27 2. _____, Anna M., daughter, female, white, 28, single, can read and write, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee

  
  

• Sources

  [S793] Walker, Jacob - Census 1920 Izard Co ARK, (1920 U.S. census, Izard County, Arkansas, population schedule, Pleasant Hill township, ED 54, p. 1A, dwelling 8, family 8, Jacob [R.] Walker household : digital image, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jan 2008), citing National Archives microfilm publication T625, roll 65.). [S844] Walker, Jacob - Census 1930 Izard Co ARK, (1930 U.S. census, Izard County, Arkansas, population schedule, Big Spring township, ED 33-4, p. 1B, dwelling 25, family 25, Jake R. Walker household : digital image, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jan 2008), citing National Archives microfilm publication T626, roll 73.). [S3556] "Cashmere Cemetery, Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington, USA," database and image,FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 June 2013), for Mae Walker Goodwin (1901-1993), memorial no. 38648295, created by "Teresa" (sandumt@frontier.com), 23 June 2009. [S3564] 1940 U. S. census, Sharp County, Arkansas, population schedule, Richwoods township (Day Rd.), enumeration district (ED) 68-20, sheet 2B (penned), p. 121 (stamped, verso), household no. 33, Elijah R. Godwin, Jr., household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 June 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 176. [S3557] Obituary of Mae W. Godwin, Wenatchee (Washington) World, 9 June 1993; transcription, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 June 2013), for Cashmere Cemetery, Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington, entry for Mae Walker Goodwin (1901-1993), memorial no. 38648295, created by "Teresa" (sandumt@frontier.com), 23 June 2009. [S1857] "Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 8 December 2011), for J. R. Walker- M. A. Ferguson, Sharp County, [book not stated]: 414, license 19 January 1891, married 21 January 1891, return filed 11 March 1891. [Image 336].