Charles Kenneth Walker

1921 - 1990  (68 years)

• Name	Charles Kenneth Walker  [1]
  Born	16 Sep 1921	Summersville, Texas County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Nov-Dec 1957	Liberal, Barton County, Kansas, USA   [4]
  	His father's obituary of around this date states his place of residence as Liberal.
  Residence	Aug 1977	Liberal, Barton County, Kansas, USA   [5]
  Buried	Jun 1990	Liberal City Cemetery, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA   [2, 3]
  Died	26 Jun 1990	Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Obituary	Mar 2011  [6]
  	Obituary of Kenneth's second wife, Maxine (nee Reed) (Henderson) Walker Obituary for Opal Walker Maxine Walker, 84, Lamar, Missouri passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 at St John?s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO. Maxine was born April 3, 1926 in Sharpsburg, Kentucky to Ollie and Rosie (Welch) Reed. She attended school at Bald Eagle, Kentucky. Maxine married Johnnie M. Henderson, Sr. and became a housewife and mother. To this union was born three children. He later preceded her in death. She married Charles Kenneth Walker in Fort Scott, Kansas on September 25, 1968. He also preceded her in death on June 26, 1990. Survivors include one son, Johnnie Henderson, Jr. and wife Sharon, of Hamilton, Missouri; one daughter, Phyllis Kirby and James Kennedy of Grove, Oklahoma; one sister, Beulah Crouch and half-brother, Raymond Manley both of Kentucky; eleven grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Walker; parents; son, William Earl Henderson on February 27, 1991; brother, Paul Reed and four sisters, Lena, Pauline, Ruby and Mary Alice. Maxine was a member of the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Lamar, MO, The Rural Mail Carrier Association and the Liberal American Legion Auxiliary.
  Person ID	I3571	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Helton Alanson "Lance" Walker,   b. 10 Aug 1874, Howell County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1957, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Cora Ellen Burke,   b. 16 Apr 1878, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1969, Liberal, Barton County, Missouri, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1894	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [7, 8]
  	Lance was just 20 and Cora just 15 at the time of their marriage. Lance had the consent of his father and Cora of her guardian, illegible name, appears to be David Hicks, her maternal grandfather.
  Family ID	F1190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Billie Marie Wood,   b. 1923,   d. 1967  (Age 44 years)
  Children	1. Fran Walker + 2. Jim Walker
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F1248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Opal Maxine Reed,   b. 3 Apr 1926, Sharpsburg, Bath County, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 11 Mar 2011, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1968	Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA   [6]
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2013
  Family ID	F2002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3876] Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 September 2013), entry for Charles K. Walker, 26 June 1990, SS no. 492-30-6176. [S339] Bonnie Compton (1014 E. 7th St, Pittsburg, KS 66762, email tcompton2@cox.net), telephone interview, spring 2007, by Janis Walker Gilmore; regarding her ancestor, Helton Alanson Walker, his siblings, and his descendants, including daughter Myrtle Annis Walker (Bonnie's mother). [S3873] TOMMY JUNIOR, contributor, "Charles Kenneth Walker," database and digital image of cemetery marker, Liberal City Cemetery (Liberal, Barton County, Missouri), memorial no. 87268859, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : viewed 28 September 2013). [S4281] “Helton A. Walker Dies Monday Night,” Liberal (Missouri) News, [n.d., after 25 November 1957], [n.p., n. col]; [likely reel no. 31257], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. [S3831] "Local Obituaries: Othal T. Walker," The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), 8 August 1977, p. 4. col. 2; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 18 September 2013). [S3872] "In Memory of Opal Maxine Walker, 1926-2011," memorial and obituary, Konantz Warden Funeral Home (http://konantzwarden.com : accessed 28 September 2013). [S3811] Howell County, Missouri, Marriage Book [1894]: 102, license and return, H. A. Walker-Cory E. Burk[e], 18 January 1894; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. [S3810] Howell County, Missouri, marriage license application no. 2141, H. A. Walker-Cory E. Burk, issued 9 January 1894; digital image, "Missouri Marriage Records, 1850-2002," Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 September 2013); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.