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Submitted: 11/16/15 • Approved: 11/19/15 • Last Updated: 11/22/15 • R1110725-G1110723-S3
Jesse
July 18, 1920 - September 6, 2012
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Saturday, September 8, 2012
SPRINGDALE — Jesse Calvin Walden, age 92, of Springdale, died Sept. 6, 2012, in Springdale. He was born July 18, 1920, in Aberdeen, Miss., the son Joe and Belle Walden.
He was a foreman for Certified Grocery Company and retired after 30 years of service. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Walden was proficient at playing bluegrass music both on the guitar and the mandolin.
He was preceded by his wife, Rena Walden, in 2009.
Mr. Walden is survived by three sons, Joe Walden, Mic Walden and Danny Walden, all of Springdale; three daughters, Janet Tackett of Springdale, Doris Barnett and her husband, Tom, of Springdale; and Kathy Lane and her husband, Ron, of Hindsville; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and several brother and sisters.
Funeral services will be Monday, Sept. 10. 2012, at 1 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home.
Visitation will be on Monday from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be: Joe Walden, Mic Walden, Julius Kearney, Roger Johnson, Devin Byrd and Wayne Watson.
Online condolences may be sent to www.nemfuneral.com.
Rena
March 10, 1924 - July 22, 2009
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Friday, July 24, 2009
SPRINGDALE — Rena Madeline Walden, 85, of Springdale, died July 22, 2009, in Springdale. She was born March 10, 1924, in Pettigrew to Simon Andrew and Clara Ethel Cook Watson.
Survivors include her husband, Jesse Walden; three sons, Joe Andrew Walden, Mickey Walden and Danny Walden, all of Springdale; three daughters, Janet Tackett and Doris Barnett, both of Springdale, and Kathy Lane of Hindsville; a brother, Bobby Wayne Watson of Fayetteville; three sisters, Nola Dean Huffer, Ola Jean Gray and Mary Lee Johnson, all of Pettigrew; 15 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Funeral Home in Springdale.
Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Married July 22, 1939
Contributed on 11/16/15 by wfields55
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