Milton Walker Jr.

MILTON WALKER, JR. PASSED AWAY MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 AT JEWISH HOPSITAL AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS. HE WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA TO MILTON WALKER SR. AND ELLA DIXON. MILTON WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, WIVES, MARY WALKER AND DORIS WALKER, AND GRANDAUGHTER MICHELLE WALKER TOWNS.
HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND COAST GUARD. MILTON MOVED TO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY IN THE EARLY 50'S AND WAS EMPLOYED AT INTERNATIONAL HARVESTOR FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HE RETIRED.
MILTON WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF CABLE BAPTIST CHURCH. PRIOR TO HIS RECENT DECLINE IN HEALTH, FOR YEARS, HE COULD BE FOUND PERFORMING MANY TASKS DURING HIS SPARE TIME AT THE CHURCH. HE REALLY LOVED WORKING WITH HIS HANDS AS A GARDENER, KEEPING HIS LAWN MANICURED OR CREATING A BUILDING PROJECT. HE ALSO WAS AN AVID READER AND BIBLE SCHOLAR. MILTON LEAVES TO CHEERISH HIS MEMORY, SONS CHARLES (SONDRA) AND CLINTON(CAROL) WALKER, STEP-DAUGHTERS: MONA ROBERTSON, WILMA LYONS, FRANCIS PUMPHREY AND YOLANDA PUMPHREY; STEPSONS: CHARLES (MATTY) AND STEVE (CYNTHIA) GIBSON; GRANDCHILDREN: MICHAEL AND JOHNETTA WALKER, CARA "NICKI", CLINTON LAMAR AND CANDICE WALKER, GREAT-GRANCHILDREN, LYDELL AND NICOLE SIMON, KALEAH AND NYLIA WALKER AND GREAT-GREAT GRANDSON LYDELL SIMON JR. AND STEP-GRANDCHILDREN: JEROME LYONS, STEVEN GIBSON, AYONNA JEFFERSON, ADONYA (BRIAN)JACKSON, ARMOND JACKSON, BRIAL JACKSON, AND ALLEN (SHELLEY) MERRIWETHER. A HOMEGOING SERVICE TO HONOR THE LIFE OF MR. WALKER WILL BE HELD AT 11AM ON MONDAY APRIL 7, 2014 AT CABLE BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH BURIAL TO FOLLOW IN GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 10AM-11AM AT CHURCH.