Billy Ray Walker

1930 - 1950  (19 years)

• Name	Billy Ray Walker  [1]
  Born	3 Nov 1930	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jan 1950	Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA   [1]
  	Killed in a car accident in the small hours of January 1--probably a New Year's Eve wreck?
  Obituary	3 Jan 1950	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  	Death Notice, Billy Ray Walker, The Hugo Daily News Billy Ray Walker Killed in Car Wreck in Wyoming Relatives here have been advised that Billy Ray Walker, 19, had been killed in a car wreck in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Jan. 1 and that burial would be here, but the time of the funeral has not been announced. No details of how the accident occurred were given, except that it happened at 2:45 Sunday morning. He enlisted in the air corp [sic] from Hugo and had served three years. He was born in Hugo on November 3, 1930. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Walker of Goree, Texas and grandparents, Mrs. Maudie Kizer, Amarillo, Texas and Willard Kzer [sic] of Hugo. He is also survived by the following brothers and sisters, Ocie Oliza Walker, Hot Springs, Patsy Wanda Walker, Gussie Allen Walker, Harold Wayne Walker, Goree, Texas, Billy Oren Walker of Ripley, Okla. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. H.M. Shehan and Rev. M.N. McFarland and interment will be in the Grant cemetery with the Coffey Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
  Obituary	4 Jan 1950	Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA   [2]
  	Obituary, Billy Ray Walker Sgt. Walker Rites To Be Held at Coffey Chapel on Thursday Funeral services for Sergeant Billy Ray Walker will be held at the Coffey Chapel on Thursday, January 5, at 2 p.m., with Rev. H.M. Shehan and Rev. M.N. McFarland officiating and interment in the Grant cemetery. Coffey Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements. Sgt. Walker will be buried with military honors at the Grant cemetery. He was killed in a car wreck in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on January 1. He was born in Hugo, on November 3, 1930, and is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Walker of Clore [sic], Texas, and grandparents Mrs. Maudie Kizer, Amarillo, Texas, and Willard Kizer, Hugo. He is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: Ocie Oliza Walker, Hot Springs; Patsy Wanda Walker, Gussie Allen Walker, Harold Wayne Walker, Goree, Texas, and Billy Oren Walker, Ripley, Oklahoma. The News joins with his many friends in expressing condolence to the relatives of the deceased.
  Buried	Grant Cemetery, Grant, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I5344	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Patrick Alonzo Walker,   b. 24 Feb 1905, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. 1966, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Lola Mae Kizer,   b. 1912,   d. 1976  (Age 64 years)
  Married	After 1930  [3]
  Family ID	F1868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3266] Ron Henson, transcriber, "Billy Ray Walker," obituary, OKChocta: Choctaw County Oklahoma, Genealogy (http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/ : accessed 28 March 2013); citing The Hugo Daily News, 3 January 1950 [no p. or col. stated]. [S3267] Ron Henson, transcriber, "Sgt. Walker Rites To Be Held at Coffey Chapel on Thursday," obituary, OKChocta: Choctaw County Oklahoma, Genealogy (http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/ : accessed 28 March 2013); citing The Hugo Daily News, 4 January 1950 [no p. or col. stated]. [S3262] 1930 U.S. census, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Everidge township, enumeration district (ED) 12-4, sheet 3A, p. 26 (stamped, verso), dwelling 45, family 47, William Bevel household, detail for Patrick Walker, brother [half-brother]; digital images, _Ancestry.com_ (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1897.