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Submitted: 6/19/08 • Approved: 11/29/19 • Last Updated: 12/2/19 • R30142-G0-S3
Company F 34 Arkansas Infantry
Civil War Confederate
August 12, 1831* - July 26, 1904
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Benton County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, July 28, 1904
WALKER, R.A. - R.A. Walker, familiarly known as "Uncle Bob," died at his home three miles northwest of Pea Ridge last Tuesday. Uncle Bob was one of the oldest and best known citizens in the county, having resided here continuously since 1852. He was 73 years old at the time of his death. He leaves a wife and a large family of children. A brother, D.V. Walker, and four of the children, John, Mrs. Amos Spencer, Mrs. Harrison Mayberry and Mrs. Tom Woods, all live in the Oakley Chapel neighborhood. He was an uncle of J.F. Walker of Rogers.
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, August 4, 1904
Died at his residence on Pea Ridge, Ark., July 26th, R.A. Walker, in the 73rd year of his age. The deceased was born in Bedford county, Tennessee August 11th, 1831, came to Arkansas in 1851. He was married first to Mary J. Hammock, Aug. 10, 1954. To them were born eleven children - four sons and seven daughters. Two sons and two daughters died in childhood. Mrs. Walker died July 3, 1876. March 28, 1877 he was married to Matilda J. Howard and to them were born nine children, all sons, six of whom are living. A wife and thirteen children mourn their loss. All but one, a son in Oregon, were with him in his last illness. Brother Walker lived in the same community and on the same farm all these years. Here all of his children were born. The same roof covered their infant cries and sheltered their childhood years. From personal knowledge I can say it was a happy home of happy children. All of these daughters I received into the communion of the church, bound them in holy wedlock and know them today as devoted christian mothers. Bro. Walker professed faith in Christ as his personal Savior 47 years ago and united with the C.P. church, with which church he held acceptable membership at the time of his death. He was a man of great physical strength and vitality. As a pioneer of Benton county he saw her uncultivated prairies and forests turned into productive farms and fruitful orchards and her continually increasing population dwelling in happy rural homes, or gathered into prosperous towns and villages, with school and church houses dotting the whole face of the land. He knew nothing of books, save one, the book of nature. Several years ago he was seriously hurt by a fall from a wagon. Gradually he went down through much suffering until the end came. A christian, a good citizen, a loving father, a devoted husband has been taken. Peace to his ashes; grace and comfort to all the bereaved. P. Carnahan, Pastor.
Contributed on 6/19/08 by wfields55
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