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ObituariesMay 11, 2014

Eutha Craft Walker, 95, formerly of Jackson, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Bertrand Retirement Home in Bertrand, Missouri. She was born Feb. 5, 1919, near Pocahontas, to Thomas Lee and Coleen "Collie" Phillips Craft. She and William H. "Bill" Walker were married Jan. 1, 1984. He passed away Nov. 11, 2006...

Eutha Walker
Eutha Walker

Eutha Craft Walker, 95, formerly of Jackson, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Bertrand Retirement Home in Bertrand, Missouri.

She was born Feb. 5, 1919, near Pocahontas, to Thomas Lee and Coleen "Collie" Phillips Craft. She and William H. "Bill" Walker were married Jan. 1, 1984. He passed away Nov. 11, 2006.

Eutha worked 20 years at the former International Shoe Factory in Jackson. She then worked several years as a waitress in the Scott City area. She was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church near Pocahontas.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews.

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She was preceded in death by a brother, Woody (Grace) Craft; and 17 other siblings.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Thomas Bray and Ken Grant officiating. Interment will be in New Bethel Cemetery near Pocahontas.

Memorials may be made to the New Bethel Cemetery Fund.

Sympathy messages may be sent to the family online at mccombsfuneralhome.com.

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