Thomas Walker (1916 - 1994)

Born 6 Jun 1916 in Covington County, Mississippi, United States

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Tom Walker is buried in Calvary Church Cemetery.

Biography

Tom Walker was born on Jun 06, 1916 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA as the fourth child of George R Walker and Dovie Rutland. ^[1]

He had six siblings, namely: Buster Lee, Oswald C., Colleen Lucille, Howard, L J, and Georgene.

He died on Jul 08, 1994 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (St. Dominic Hospital; Age at Death: 78). ^[2]

When he was 22, he married Eva Sullivan, daughter of Johnnie Sullivan and Fannie Sullivan, on Feb 04, 1939 (date on headstone).

Tom Walker lived in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 3 1/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son).

He lived in Beat 5, Smith, Mississippi in 1930 (Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son).

He lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1935. He lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 23; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). Race: (White)

He was buried in Saratoga, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Calvary Church Cemetery). ^[3]

Tom Walker ^[2]

Tom Walker, 78, of Magee, farmer, died Friday, July 8, 1994, of a heart failure at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson.

Services were 2 p.m., Sunday, July 10, 1994, at Mims Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel in Magee with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Mims Mitchell Funeral Home of Magee handled the arrangements.

Mr. Walker was a native of Simpson County. He was a member of Calvary Church.

Survivors include his son, Tommy Walker of Magee; two brothers, Howard Walker of New Orleans, La. and L. H. Walker of Pearl River, La.; sister, Collene Walker of Mt. Olive; 2 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews.

Source: The Magee Courier, 14 Jul 1994, Thu, Page 7

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for Tom Walker. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=Numident&h=47058297&indiv=try. Name: Tom Walker SSN: xxx Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 15 Jun 1916 Birth Place: Covington, Mississippi Death Date: Jul 1994 Father: George R Walker Mother: Dovie Rutland Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Jun 1941: Name listed as TOM WALKER
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Obituary for Thomas "Tom" Walker Clipped from The Magee Courier, 14 Jul 1994, Thu, Page 7
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK16-LXJY : 15 December 2015), Tom Walker, 1994; Burial, Saratoga, Simpson, Mississippi, United States of America, Calvary Church Cemetery; citing record ID 138763979, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Headstone
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLZT-QYS : 20 May 2014), Tom Walker, Jul 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-ZXJ : accessed 7 February 2017), Tom Walker, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-12A, sheet 4B, line 59, family 66, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2065.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MD-6NL : accessed 7 February 2017), Thomas Walker in household of George Walker, Beat 5, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 5B, line 93, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNR5-VGM : accessed 7 February 2017), Thomas Walker in household of George Walker, Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 7, sheet 16A, line 42, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 872; FHL microfilm 1,820,872.