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Walker Eugene Burch

12 Dec 1899 – 24 Sep 1953

Birth	12 Dec 1899
Death	24 Sep 1953
Cemetery	Forest Park Cemetery Greenville , Hunt County , Texas , USA
Added by	John Armstrong on 11 Jun 2006
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14580878

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Texas Deaths 1890-1976 (FamilySearch): Name: Walker Eugene Burch Death date: 24 Sep 1953 Death place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas Gender: Male Race or color (on document): White Age at death: 53 years 9 months 6 days Estimated birth year: Birth date: 12 Dec 1899 Birth place: Texas Marital status: Widowed Spouse name: Father name: S. C. Burch Father birth place: U.S.A. Mother name: Emma Wells Mother birth place: U.S.A. Occupation: Mechanic R.R. Residence: Greenville, Hunt, Texas Cemetery name: Forest Park Cemetery Burial place: Greenville, Texas Burial date: 25 Sep 1953 Additional relatives: Film number: 2113983 Digital GS number: 4165742 Image number: 841 Reference number: CN 46957 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 ---------- Greenville (Texas) Evening Banner, Thu, 24 Sep 1953, paged 8, Walker Burch Dies Here Today; Final Rites Set Friday Walker Eugene Burch, 53, part terminal inspector for the Southern Pacific and an employe of the Katy for 22 years, died at 8:30 o’clock this morning at the home of his mother, Mrs. L.C. Burch, 4017 Washington Street. He had been in ill health for the past three years. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at the James-Coker-Peters Chapel. The Rev. George Sagen, pastor of Washington Street Baptist Church will conduct the services and burial will be in Forest Park. Born in Meedville (sic), Fort Bend, Texas on December 13, 1899, Burch was the son of Mrs. Emma Burch and the late L.C. Burch. At the time of his death he held membership in the Christian Church in Denison where he was a member of the church choir. He was also an accomplished soloist, a member of the Denison Elks Club and a member of the VFW in this city. In Denison he took an active part in church work and had lived there for about twenty years. Employed by the Katy for 22 years, Burch at the time of his last illness was part terminal inspector for Southern Pacific. He served in the United States Navy for three years and saw service in the South Pacific where he was a Motor Machinist First Class. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Emma Burch; three brothers, Wesley Burch of Greenville; Ernest Burch of Denison; L.C. Burch, Jr., of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Nat Jones of Tyler and Mrs. Vera Brundidge of Greenville, and five nieces and nephews. His father preceded him in death in September 1945. ---------- Greenville (Texas) Evening Banner, Fri, 25 Sep 1953, page 5, Services Today For Walker Burch Funeral services were to be held at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon at the James-Coker-Peters chapel for Walker Eugene Burch, part terminal inspector for the Southern Pacific and an employe of the Katy for twenty-two years who died Thursday at the home of his mother, Mrs. L.C. Burch, 4017 Washington Street after an illness of three years. The Rev. George Sagen, pastor of Washington Street Baptist Church was to conduct the last rites. Cousins of Burch were named as pallbearers.

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Parents

• Lemuel C Burch Sr 1870–1945
• Emma B Wells Burch 1875–1959

Siblings

• Vera Hazel Burch Brundidge 1901–1968
• Wesley B Burch 1908–1985
• Lemuel Clay "Shorty" Burch Jr 1910–1975

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