William Donaldson “Don” Walker, Jr., formerly of
He was born in
Don married Judith Graham his childhood sweetheart in 1958, later having three children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife Judith; daughters Wendi Green and husband Ray of Jacksonville and Sandra Emmons and husband Steven of Rockwall; brother Kenneth Walker and wife Mary Jo of Fort Myers, Florida; grandchildren Daniel Baxley, Jeremy Green and wife Erin, Sarah and Anika Emmons and Kathrine Walker Berry; and two great-grandchildren Alan Baxley and Andrew Green.
He was preceded in death by his son Jason Graham Walker, parents Don and Pauline Walker, and brother Billy Walker.
The pallbearers are grandsons Daniel Baxley and Jeremy Green, nephews Kevin Walker, Dean Walker, Kory Walker and Quint Walker Gaskill, brother-in-law John Graham, and childhood friend Lynn Anderson. Honorary pallbearers are the 1959 class of GHS and coworkers of DART.
Services will be held at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home in
Memorials may be made to the Glenhaven Youth Ranch, 748 Glenhaven Rd. Plainview, Arkansas 72857 or the Mayo Clinic, Department of Development, 4500 San Pablo Rd., Jacksonville, Florida 32224 where extensive research in “Lewy Bodies” by Dr. Dennis Dickson is being done. Both of these organizations are near and dear to the