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Samuel Houston Walker & Ida Mae Cravens

Samuel Houston "Hugh" Walker b. 25 Dec 1861 Crittendon Co., Kentucky d. 15 Jan 1951 Buried: Ware's Chapel Cemetery, Logan Co., Arkansas 1st Marriage: 9 Sep 1880 Logan Co., AR 2nd Marriage: 19 Jun 1889 AR Father: Samuel B. Walker Mother: Rebecca Jane Woody

1st Wife: Ida Mae Cravens b. 1864 in Shoal Creek, Johnson/Logan Co., Arkansas d. before Jun 1889 Father: Robert B. Cravens Mother: Margarette Matilda Grubb

2nd Wife: Sarah Kathryn "Aunt Kit" Pierce b. 23 Nov 1871 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin d. 30 Nov 1948 Buried: Ware's Chapel, near Scranton, Logan Co., AR Father: Dewitt C. Pierce Mother: Jane Cory



Children of Samuel Houston Walker & Sarah Kathleen Pierce



Charles "Bud" Houston Walker b. 10 May 1890 Scranton, Logan Co., AR d. 27 Oct 1960 Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., AR Buried: Ware's Chapel Cemetery, Logan County, Arkansas 1st Marriage: 17 Mar 1909 Logan Co., AR 2nd Marriage: 1930

1st Wife: Fannie Eskew b. 29 Jan 1890 Logan Co., AR d. 26 Jul 1929 Buried: Ware's Chapel, Logan Co., AR Father: John Eskew Mother: Ellen Harrison

2nd Wife: Ethel Tritt b. 26 Nov 1896 d. 26 Jul 1945 Buried: Ware's Chapel, Logan Co., AR


Minnie "Eva" Evelyn Walker b. 4 Mar 1893 d. 10 Dec 1976 Married: 18 Dec 1910 Dublin, Logan Co., AR Buried: Ware's Chapel Cemetery, near Scranton, Logan Co., AR

Husband: James Eleigh Snow b. ? d. 15 Nov 1971 Buried: Ware's Chapel Cemetery, near Scranton, Logan Co., AR


Ollie Walker b. 20 Dec 1895 d. 8 Aug 1898


Lillie Mae Walker b. 7 Oct 1901 d. 25 Aug 1985 Married: 20 Apr 1918 Buried: Patton-Jones Cemetery, Garland Co., AR

Husband: Jessie L. Jones b. 7 Mar 1899 d. 30 Dec 1985 Buried: Patton-Jones Cemetery, Garland Co., AR


William Edgar "Ed" Walker b. 28 Sep 1900 d. 24 Aug 1995 West Helena, Phillips Co., AR Married: 20 Dec 1924 Buried: ?

Wife: Ina May Etter b. 3 Dec 1904 d. 27 Nov 2001 West Helena, Phillips Co., AR Buried: ?


Eugene Preston Walker b. 16 Aug 1903 AR d. 12 Jun 1989 Hartshorne, Pittsburg, OK Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, Pittsburg Co., OK

Wife: Lois Nadine Reed b. 26 Jan 1919 Roosevelt Co., NM d. 13 Dec 2009 Haileyville, Pittsburg Co., OK Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, Pittsburg Co., OK Father: James Arthur Reed Mother: Mary Etta Stevens


Ellen Walker b. 11 Feb 1907 d. 20 Aug 1907 Buried: Ware's Chapel Cemetery, near Scranton, Logan Co., AR


Thomas "Dock" Everett Walker b. 22 Jun 1909 d. 10 Aug 1986 Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR Burial: Forest Hills Memorial Park, Alexander, Saline Co., AR

Wife: Dortha Edna Funkhouser b. 14 Feb 1911 NE d. 24 Oct 1975 AR Buried: Forest Hills Memorial Park, Alexander, Saline Co., AR


Minta Jewell Walker b. 16 Jul 1911 d. 9 Nov 1998 Buried: Oakland Memorial Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR

Husband: Richard C. Mills b. 1 Jun 1910 d. 27 Nov 1986 Buried: Oakland Memorial Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR


Ethel Walker b. 31 Jul 1915 d. 28 Mar 2005 Buried: Ware's Chapel, near Scranton, Logan Co., AR

1st Husband: Elmo Eddins b. 25 Mar 1914 d. 21 May 1996 Buried: Ware's Chapel, near Scranton, Logan Co., AR




Samuel Walker's family lived in the Dublin area. They were members of Dublin Freewill Baptist Church.

Charley Walker, 19, from Geren, and Fannie Eskew, 18, married on 27 mar 1909 Logan Co., AR marriage records.


Charles H. Walker was a guard for a furniture factory before moving to Logan Co., AR Other employment: farmer, worked in boiler room in a cotton gin, sorghum mill. Owned and operated a sawmill and heading mill, made mine props for Paris coal mines, cut sawlogs for the mill".


Charles H. Walker & Fannie Eskew/Esque's children:

Edgar Pete Walker, buried in Wichita, KS

Mamie Walker, lived in Wamego, KS, married: X Young

Edward Charles Walker, buried: National Cemetery, San Diego, CA

Herbert Lee Walker, lived 35 years in California. Returned to Morrison's Bluff, Logan Co., AR.


Charles H. Walker & Ethel Tritt's children:

Charles Walker b. 14 Sep 1931 Dublin, Logan Co., AR

Bobbye Nell Walker b. 25 Apr 1933, married: X Newman, lived in Scranton, Logan Co., AR


The Paris Express, dated 12 Feb 1931, “Mr. & Mrs. Edward Charles Walker, celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary. Guests: Ila Marie Walker, Mrs. H. V. Herring, Mrs. Will Redding, Mrs. J. G. Nixson, Mrs. A. C. Johns, Mrs. J. H. Nicholas, Mrs. C. Stone, Elsie Newell Johnson, Mary Elizabeth Moore, Florence Helen Ashmore, Dana, Ruth Nicholas, Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Charles Edwards, Mrs. Walter Horne, Mrs. J. W. Harris, Mrs. Roy Hixson, Rev. & Mrs. E. Faulkner, & J. B. Nicholas”.


The Paris Express, dated 9 Aug 1943, “James Randall Eddins, one year old son of Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Eddins of Little Rock, who was fatally injured when hit by a car Friday afternoon. The Eddins family moved to Little Rock recently from Dublin. Survivors: Maternal grandparents; Mrs. Samuel Houston Walker, Dublin & paternal grandfather, C. C. Eddins, Dublin. Funeral services held at Dublin Church & burial at Ware’s Chapel Cemetery, Dublin”.


The Paris Express, dated 25 Dec 1952, “Miss Elizabeth Walker, Little Rock visited her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Charles Walker in Prairie View. She leaves Sunday for Gary, Indiana, for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Steve Moser & family”.


The Graphic, dated 29 Nov 1986, "Richard C. Mills, 76, Clarksville, died Nov 27, 1986, at Johnson County Hospital. He was a native of Alma, AR, a retired owner & operator of a grocery business, and from the United Artists Theatre Corporation, & a Baptist. Survivors: widow, Mrs. Jewell Mills. Sons: Robert Mills, Atkins, D. F. "Hoss" Mills, Saudi Arabia. Daughters: Mrs. Alice Felkis & Mrs. Cynthia English, Clarksville. Sisters: Elaine Creekmore & Hilda Rowbotham, Clarksville. Funeral services at Landmark Baptist Church & burial at Oakland Cemetery. Pallbearers: Archie Mills, Cecil Mills, Floyd Mills, Howard Rogers, Bill Green, & Sammy Wish".


The Graphic, 11 Nov 1998, "Mrs. Jewell Mills, 87, of Clarksville died Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, at Johnson Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Dublin in Logan County, daughter of the late Samuel Houston and Sarah Katheryn Pierce Walker, widow of Richard C. Mills, and member of the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters and one son-in-law, Alice and Bill Felkins and Cynthia English, all of Clarksville; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Robert and Louise Mills of Atkins and D. F. (Hoss) Mills of Clarksville; one sister, Ethel Eddins Whitby of Little Rock; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Landmark Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Vernon Bass and Rev. Thom Walker officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Hardwicke Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Glenn Eddins, Orel Snow, Russell Snow, Bill Snow, Billy Charles Walker, and Carroll Rowbotham".


Ethel Tritt received her degree in teaching through the Arkansas Technical College & Hendrix College in Conway, AR, taught at Tokalon.


Lois Nadine Reed Walker was born at her grandparent's ranch home near Elida, NM and was the daughter of Mary Etta Stevens Reed and James Arthur Reed. Her father preceded her in death in October 1918, three months prior to her birth. Two years later the family moved to Kansas, where they lived for several years before coming to Oklahoma. She continued her education and graduated from the School of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma. She married Eugene Preston Walker. He held positions for her company in Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis, Mo. and Pittsburgh, Penn. before returning to Oklahoma. She was a longtime member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Hartshorne. All of her immediate family preceded her in death. Survivors include grandchildren, E. Preston Walker III and spouse, Shelly, of McAlester, and Brian Lee Walker, St. Louis, Mo.; daughter-in-law, Johanna Walker, St. Louis, Mo.; nephew, spouse and their children, Sean and Karen Blundon, Hannah, Rachel and Rebecca, and an extended family of nieces, nephews, church family and friends. Pallbearers will be Terry Rich, Larry Hall, Doug Rose, David Russell, Bill Everett Russell Jr. and Steve Clemente. She was preceded in death by her husband in June 1989; parents; brother, Kenneth Reed, and son, Eugene Preston Walker Jr. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Hartshorne with Dr. Rudia Halliburton and the Rev. Richard Dixon officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery in Hartshorne. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Brumley-Mills Funeral Home of Hartshorne. McAlester News Capital Dec. 2009

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