WALKER, Mittie Cooper
Source: Hillsboro Times 7 January 1949
Mrs. Mittie Walker, 58, widow of Earl Walker, died at Lake
View Hospital, in Danville, Ill t 5 a.m. Tuesday, Jan 6 having
been a medical patient there since Dec 21. Mrs Walker resided in
Olivet, Ill for a number of years, but was formerly of Hillsboro, where she is
well known. She was born near Hillsboro the daughter of
Miles and Lily Nicholson Cooper and was married to Earl Walker about 35
years ago. He preceded her in death in August 1946. She was a very active
worker in the Nazarene Church of Olivet. Mrs. Walker is survived by
five sons, Curtis Walker of Flint, Mich; Myron Walker of Olivet; Gerald
Walker of the US Navy located in Florida; William Walker, Purdue
student and Jimmy Walker, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Larner, of
Flint, Mich and Mrs. Lena Mae Redding of California; four grandchildren.
She also leaves four brothers, Henry and Shirley Cooper of
Indianapolis, Sollie and Marion Cooper of Hillsboro and three sisters: Mrs. Ida
Clemmons and Mrs. Katy Stuart of Muncie and Miss Mary Cooper, a
missionary in Africa. Also an aged mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth
Walker, who resided in the home of Mrs. Mittie Walker in Olivet. Funeral
arrangements are
incomplete but burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery,
Hillsboro. --- transcribed by kbz - thanks to Betty D.