Richard Walker

ARAB, Mo. -- Graveside service for Richard "Toby" Walker of Arab will be held at 11 a.m. today at Stephens Cemetery near McGee, Mo. Ruth Doublin will officiate.

Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.

Walker, 57, died Sunday, March 10, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Dec. 22, 1944, at Zalma, Mo., son of William and Margaret Oliver Walker. He and Lucille Boyd were married March 2, 1968, at Arab.

Walker was employed 35 years with Carpenters Local 1770, and also farmed.

He served in the U.S. Army.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Kevin Walker of Puxico, Mo.; a daughter, Kim Nanney of Holts Summit, Mo.; four brothers, LeRoy and Bud Walker of McGee, Bob Walker of Faunsdale, Ala., Ted Walker of Advance; two sisters, Billie Morris of St. Louis, Ann Welker of Brownwood, Mo.; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and a sister.