From A History of Coleman County
and Its People, 1985 edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and
Vena Bob Gates - used by permission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom and Sally Reeves Walker
moved to Coleman in May, 1958. Tom
was stockholder and Funeral Director of
Stevens Funeral Home from May 1958 to
October 1977.
They have three
sons, all born in Coleman; John Timothy
Walker, born August 25, 1959, Thomas
Gilbert Walker, born June 26, 1963, and
Walter Todd Walker, born June 24, 1967.
The Walkers
opened Walker Funeral Home at 401
Commercial Avenue in March 1978.
John Timothy Walker (married Ann Robin,
September, 1981) was Licensed Funeral
Director and Embalmer, September 1982, and
is Assistant Funeral Director and Embalmer
in charge.
Employed with
Walker Funeral Home since March 1978, is
Mrs. Bessie Buie Hector, who has had 35
years of funeral service experience.
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Reeves (Sally Walker's
mother and father) were with the Tom. G.
Walker Funeral Home, Inc., Mr. T. D.
Reeves passed away in June, 1982.