To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 6/3/10 • Approved: 3/27/15 • Last Updated: 3/30/15 • R329137-G329136-S3
Iva
November 7, 1920 - June 4, 2000
*Obituary (as written)
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Tuesday, June 6, 2000
BENTONVILLE — Iva L. Walker, 79, of Bentonville died June 4, 2000, at her home. She was born Nov. 7, 1920, in Bentonville to George W. and Emma Estelle Cook Griffen. She moved to Bentonville in 1988 from Houston, Texas, where she was a secretary and office manager at HGI Corp. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville, the Bella Vista Traveling Sam's Club, and the Christian Women's Bible study. She enjoyed traveling, camping and needlework.
Survivors include her husband, Homer Walker of the home, to whom she was married 55 years; one sister, Nellie Sullivan of Tulsa, Okla.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville with the Rev. Gordon Garlington and the Rev. Laura Fleetwood officiating. Burial will be in Bentonville Cemetery under the direction of Rollins Funeral Home of Rogers. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 406 W. Central, Bentonville, 72712.
Homer
US Army Air Corps
World War II
December 21, 1919 - October 23, 2012
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Thursday, October 25, 2012
BENTONVILLE — Homer F. Walker, known to many as "Uncle Homer," died peacefully at his home on Oct. 23, 2012. He was born near Pea Ridge on Dec. 21, 1919, to Edgar A. and Lucy Ellen (Landers) Walker.
Homer was a 1938 graduate of Pea Ridge High School, and served his country during World War II in the US. Army Air Corps. After his tour of duty, he married the love of his life, Iva Griffin, on July 17, 1944. They were married 55 year at the time of death in 2000.
He was a member of the VFW in Pea Ridge and First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville.
Uncle Homer is survived by his nieces and nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews; and great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. today at Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, at First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville, with interment to follow in Bentonville Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, 72762.
Arrangements are by Rollins Funeral Home of Rogers. Online condolences may be made at www.rollinsfuneral.com.
Married July 17, 1944
Contributed on 6/3/10 by wfields55
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 329137