Al Walker Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Al Walker, Jr., 71, of Ore City, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, April 29, 2019, at Coffeeville Baptist Church with Bro. Duane Turner and Theron Turner officiating. The family will receive friends, 4:00 until 6:00 p.m., Sunday, April 28, 2019 at McWhorter Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Coffeeville Cemetery, Ore City, Tx. Al was born on November 20, 1947, in Wichita, KS, to Laymond Alvin Walker and Ester Lunsford Walker, and passed from this life on April 26, 2019, in Longview, Tx. He married Janice Tackett on June 7, 1969. Al is survived by his wife, Janice Tackett Walker; his daughters, Cindi Turner and husband, Theron, and Nina Walker; sister, Rebecca Thompson; two grandchildren, Ben and Nathan Turner. He is preceded in death by his parents. Al was a deacon at Coffeeville Baptist Church for over 40 years. He worked as a machinist at A & E Machine Shop for 30 years before going to work at Lone Star Steel and U S Steel as a machinist before retiring in 2016. Pallbearers are Theron Turner, Nathan Turner, Ben Turner, Michael Gipson, Geoffrey Heard and Ricky Thompson. Honorary pallbearers are John Forrest, Mike Blackburn and Bill Zachry. Please visit Al’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Al Walker

November 20, 1947 - April 26, 2019