Walker, Thomas Neal - obituary (1970, OK)

• Title	Walker, Thomas Neal - obituary (1970, OK)
  Short Title	Walker, Thomas Neal - obituary (1970, OK)
  Publisher	Obituary item for Thomas N. Walker, «i»NewspaperArchive.com«/i» (http://newspaperarchive.com : accessed 26 Sept 2007), "Funeral Services: Neal Walker," digital image; citing «i»The Lawton Constitution«/i», Lawton, Oklahoma, 9 Nov 1970, p. 6, col. 7
  Repository	NewspaperArchive.com
  Source ID	S324
  Text	Funeral Services: Neal Walker Funeral will be at 2 PM Tuesday in Lawton Funeral Home Chapel for Neal Walker, 88, of 2004 A, who died Sunday in a local hospital. Rev. N.N. Antonson, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born March 18, 1882, in Mountain View, Mo., Mr. Walker as a child moved to Fort Cobb then to Lawton in 1932 from Enid. He was a carpenter and did construction work at Fort Sill and in Lawton until he retired in 1948. He owned a cabinet shop at 2006 A. He was married 11 June 1914 to Mary Crowder. Survivors include his wife of the home; one son James, 1913 Dearborn; four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one brother Earl Walker, Mountain View, Mo.; and one sister Mrs. Lena Yocki, of Long Beach, Ca.
  Linked to	Thomas Neal "Neal" Walker

  
  

• Notes

  Neal Walker did not move away from Mountain View as a child. He was, however, younger than 22 when he first went out to Oklahoma to make a start. Possibly the fact that he was a "young man" when he moved to Oklahoma became confused with being "a child." It came as a surprise to see in the obituary that he married "Mary Crowder." We had always known her to be Mary Polk. Further investigation on this point has revealed that Mary was previously married to a man named FULLER - but the CROWDER remains a mystery. Possibly whoever wrote the obituary was confused about the fact that his mother was a Crowder.