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Death Notice:

Mark Alan Boland, 23, of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Funeral, 10 a.m. Friday, Allen-Summerhill Funeral home, DeLand, Fla.

(Published in The Courier-Journal on April 22, 1981)



Obituary:

Mr. Mark Alan Boland, 23, 545 N. Clara Ave., DeLand, died Saturday. He was born in El Paso, Texas. He was a student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. He was a Baptist and a deacon and teacher at Lyndon Baptist Church, Louisville. He was a member of MENSA International. Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Boland, DeLand; brothers, Charles M. and William R., both of Colorado Springs, Col., and sister, Ann Boland, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Allen-Summerhill Funeral Home, DeLand.

(Published in The Orlando Sentinel on April 22, 1981)

Ralph married Lois Aliene Walker 2 Jun 1943, Bartow, Polk County, Florida, USA. Lois (daughter of Charles Nelson Walker and Nell Flora Kruse) was born 14 Sep 1919, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; died 9 Sep 2002, Hoover, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; was buried , Oakdale Cemetery - DeLand, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Rev. Walker, 86, Dies In Hospital

The Rev. Charles Nelson Walker, 86, of Laguna Beach died Friday morning in a local hospital. He had been a resident of this area for the past 20 years coming here from Graceville.

Rev. Walker was a graduate of Stedson University in 1916 and a graduate of Newton Theological Seminary in 1922. He was ordained into the ministry in the late 1910's.

After retirement, he served as pastor of the 1st Baptist Church of Panama City Beach and the Fountain Green Hill Community Church of Fountain.

Rev. Walker and his late wife Nell Walker were among the original persons instrumental in starting the Baptist Bible Institute in 1943 which later moved to Graceville in 1953.

He is survived by his wife Nadine Walker, Laguna Beach, three daughters, Mrs. Ralph Boland, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. John M. Guy, Laguna Beach, and Mrs. James F. Wygant, Naperville, Ill., 14 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one brother, Hans Walker, Spartanburg, S.C.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the 1st Baptist Church of Panama City Beach with the Rev. James F. Southerland and the Rev. Thomas Stone officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

(Published in The Panama City News-Herald on February 5, 1977)

Charles married Nell Flora Kruse 7 Jan 1918, Volusia County, Florida, USA. Nell was born 24 Jun 1888, DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida, USA; died Oct 1965, Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA; was buried , Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery - Panama City, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet]

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PROMINENT CITIZEN OF TITUSVILLE DIES

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John R. Walker, Father of George Walker of This City Is Claimed By Death

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TITUSVILLE, Aug. 5 - Funeral services for John R. Walker, president of the local civic league, and one of the most prominent citizens of Brevard county, who died suddenly Thursday night, will be held here Sunday afternoon. Mr. Walker, who was 58 years old, had held numerous municipal and county offices since coming here from South Carolina 34 years ago.

He had served as county school superintendent, chairman of the board of county commissioners, and mayor of Titusville Beach Company. He had presided at a meeting of the Civic League Thursday night and jocularly complained of the heat but appeared in his usual good health. He died a few minutes after returning home from the meeting. Death was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel near the heart.

Mr. Walker, who was prominent in various fraternal organizations, is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Hester Elizabeth Swain of Titusville, three sons and a daughter.

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Son in Miami

George Walker of Miami is a son of the deceased, and another son, Charles Walker, is residing in Boston, Mass. Mr. Walker was well known in Florida as the "father of the league" which was organized to build a bridge across the Indian river, connecting Titusville with the ocean, and to build a road to Orlando and another to Orsino on Merritt Island. The people ratified Mr. Walker's idea at the polls, voting the bods for the proposed improvements, and it is a marked coincidence that on the day of his death the Brevard county commissioners let the contract for the bridge and roads which he conceived.

(Published in The Miami Herald on August 5, 1921)



Obituary:

Sudden Death of Titusville's Most Prominent Citizen Last Wednesday Night

Was President of the Titusville Civic League, Postmaster of Titusville Six Years and Prominent in Fraternal Organizations

Every heart-beat of the late John Randall Walker was for the good of the people and the benefit of this community. He was Titusville's first citizen.

Before the Titusville Civic League meeting was called to order Wednesday night by President John R. Walker he joked with friends about the heat, but appeared in his usual good health. As a presiding officer he was a model, and he never appeared to better advantage than Wednesday night. An hour after the meeting he was dead, dying ten minutes after he reached his home. Dr. Stephens, who was called immediately, said death was caused by a burst blood vessel in the vicinity of the heart.

Mr. Walker was 58 years old; was born in Beaufort, S.C., July 27, 1863. He came to Titusville 34 years ago, and was married in 1889 to Hester Elizabeth Swain. He leaves his widow and three sons and one daughter: Chas. N. Walker of Boston, George R. Walker of Miami, Hans T. Walker of Fort Myers and Mrs. D. B. Chappelle of Punta Rossa; and one brother, Wm. R. Walker of South Jacksonville.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 Sunday afternoon.

At the time of his death Mr. Walker was superintendent of the Baptist Sunday-school and president of the Titusville Civic League; and on the night of his death was elected president of the Titusville Beach Co. He was postmaster of Titusville six years, resigning on July 1. He also served the people as county school superintendent, chairman of the board of county commissioners and mayor of Titusville.

Mr. Walker was especially prominent in fraternal organizations -- was a deputy grand chancellor in the Knights of Pythias, a Shriner and Knight Templar in the Masons, a past noble grand in the Odd Fellows, and a past council commander in the Woodmen of the World.

(Published in The Star Advocate on August 5, 1921)

John married Hester Elizabeth Swain 1 Jul 1889, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA. Hester (daughter of Charles Jahue Swain and Mary Jane Crow) was born 26 Nov 1862, Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois, USA; died 15 Oct 1933, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA; was buried 16 Oct 1933, Oaklawn Memorial Gardens - Titusville, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet]

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MOTHER OF PASTOR DIES AFTER ILLNESS

HOMESTEAD, Fla., Oct. 16 - Mrs. Hester Elizabeth Walker, 70, died yesterday at the home of her son, Rev. C. N. Walker, after an illness resulting from a fractured hip suffered several months ago. Mrs. Walker's home was in Titusville but she made her home with her son the last 10 months. The body was sent tonight to Titusville where funeral services will be conducted tomorrow.

(Published in The Miami Herald on October 17, 1933)



Obituary:

Mrs. Walker Dies After Long Illness

Funeral at 3 P.M. Today; Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery

Mrs. Hester Elizabeth Walker, resident of this city for many years, passed away Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Rev. C. N. Walker of Homestead, where she had been visiting during the past year.

Mrs. Walker was 70 years of age, and had suffered a stroke a number of months ago from which she never recovered.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon from the First Baptist Church, Rev. Robert Holmes conducting the service. Burial will be in the family plot at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Walker came to Florida in her youth with her parents, who first settled at Lakeland where they engaged in business. Later they moved to Titusville, where Mrs. Walker and her husband, John R. Walker, took a leading part in civic and social life here for many years. Mr. Walker passed away in July 1921.

The deceased leaves a daughter and three sons, Mrs. Mary P. Chappell of Punta Gorda, Fla., Rev. C. N. Walker of Homestead, Geo R. Walker of Miami, and Hans T. Walker of Titusville.

She also leaves four brothers and a sister, J. W. Swain and Mrs. A. N. Wright of Tallahassee, Lee Swain of Atlanta, Chas. Swain of Lakeland and Willis Swain of Jacksonville.

(Published in The East Coast Advocate on October 17, 1933)