BENNIE WALKER

ADA-Services for Bennie Rae Walker, 77, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Union Hill Baptist Church, Revs. Sonny Stewart, Steve Gardner and James Stewart will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mr. Walker died Monday, June 15, 2009 at an Ardmore Veterans Center. He was born November 21, 1931 at Gaar Corner, Oklahoma to Tollie Raymond and Ruth Louise May Walker. He attended Glenwood elementary and graduated from Ada High School.

He married Wanda Lea Owens March 14, 1953 at Oak Avenue Baptist Church in Ada. She died September 16, 2004. Mr. Walker was a salesman for Gilt Edge, later for Morton Foods for over 12 years, and he retired from the State of Oklahoma Highway Department. He was a member of Union Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Susan Kim Walker Abbott and her husband Joe David, Ada; a son, Gregory Mark Walker and his wife Pamela Anette, Ada; four grandchildren, Farrah Dawn Green, Brett David Abbott, Tara Melissa Walker, and Blake Daniel Walker; four great grandchildren, Siera Green, Chandler Green, Trenton Green, and Heather Riggen; and one sister, Billie Fae Taylor, Healdton.

Bearers will be Brett Abbott, Blake Walker, Tim Green, Lynn Lofton, Lowry Allen, and Michael Hoy. Honorary bearers will be Tom Stewart, Harry Breese, Randy Owens, Jim Owens, Bill Owens, Bob Hudson, and Thurman Cates.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada