Services for Hampton Eugene Walker, Sr., 91, of Keene will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, August 15, 2010 in the Keene Seventh Day Adventist Chapel. Reverend Russ Laughlin will officiate. Burial will follow in the Keene Cemetery.
Mr. Walker passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010 in Keene. He was born to Hamp and Edith Sanford Walker on March 15, 1919 in St. Helena, California. He married Ruby P. Lodahl on June 29, 1941 in Angwin, California. Hampton served as a missionary to Brazil for over 25 years; a minister, teacher and youth minister with the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was a kind, gentle and thoughtful man who was always friendly. He has been described as being "Mr. Enthusiasm" and optimistic. Hampton's good sense of humor, unwavering faith and inspirational spirit will be missed greatly by all those that knew and loved him. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Ruby P.Walker.
Survivors include his daughter, Laurel Jeanne Steen; son, Hampton Eugene Walker, Jr. and wife, Gracie; grandchildren and their spouses, Brenda and Barry, Durkin and Jennie, Travis and Judith, and Valorie; great grandchildren, Jaydon and Ashlyn; brother, Frances Walker; sister, Evelyn Norheim; numerous nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation
Crosier-Pearson Cleburne
512 North Ridgeway Dr.
Cleburne, TX 76033
Saturday
6-8 p.m.
Map to Visitation Location
Service
Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church
Keene, TX
Sunday, August 15, 2010
2:00 PM
Interment
Keene Memorial Cemetery