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Funeral
services for Milton L. Walker, 67, of Coleman, who was fatally injured
in a dynamite explosion at Santa Anna, were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning in Coleman.
Walker was injured about noon Saturday when dynamite exploded prematurely while he was working on the excavation of a house under construction. He planned to live in Santa Anna. Services were held at the J. E. Stevens Funeral Chapel, with Rev. J. W. Whitefield of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in Coleman Cemetery. Mr. Walker died at 3 o'clock Sunday morning (July 12, 1947) at Sealy Hospital in Santa Anna. Mr. Walker was a retired wholesale oil dealer. He was born February 5, 1880 in Brenham, Texas, and formerly resided in Gouldbusk. Survivors are the widow; his mother, Mrs. B. L. Walker of Coleman; one son, M. L. Walker, Jr., Austin; three daughters, Mrs. L. L. Pegram of Lampasas, Mrs. Jack London of Coleman, and Mrs. M. P. Egan of Chicago, Illinois; six sisters, Mrs. Eula Matthews of California, Mrs. J. A. D. Cooper of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Miss Bessie Walker of Big Spring, and Mrs. F. E. Rich, Mrs. Clyde Edens, and Mrs. Jack Durham, all of Coleman. Pallbearers wer R. L. Livingston, Marcus Durham, Charles Cooper, John Wallis, Glen Jameson, John Candler and Marshall McCrea. Flower bearers were Mrs. Marcus Durham, Margaret Jean Parker, Mrs. Marshall McCrea, Mrs. Frank Stringer, Mrs. Douglas Allen, Patsy Dibrell and Mrs. John Warren. (Coleman Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 17, 1947.) |  |
