Monday, February 21, 2011

Danny M. Walker

Mr. Danny M. Walker
BORN: August 19, 1948
DIED: February 20, 2011
Mr. Danny M. Walker, 62, of Starkville, Mississippi, passed away on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at Select Speciality Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi, on Tuesday, February 22, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel in Louisville, Mississippi, with Rev. Fred Frazier and Rev. Bobby Joe Butler officiating. Interment will follow in Murphy Creek Cemetery. Mr. Walker was born August 19, 1948, to Woodroe and Ruthie Chadwick Walker. He was employed at Gulf States in maintenance. Mr. Walker was a member of the First Baptist Church of Maben, Mississippi, and he served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.

He is survived by two his wife, D. Kathleen Walker of Starkville, Mississippi; three sons, Wade Walker of Eupora, Mississippi, Kevin Bing and Bobby Dewayne Bing both of Waterford, Mississippi; one sister, Juanita McIlwain of Starkville, Mississippi; one brother, Leon Walker of Pheba, Mississppi; five grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, Woodroe and Ruthie Chadwick Walker, and by his sister, Beatrice Bennett.

Pallbearers will be Nick Walker, Frank Walker, Danny Richardson, Jeremy Richardson, James White, and Cliff Hunt. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, Mississippi, is handling local arrangements.