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- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Ina Alice Walker
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: District 06, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 12
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Henry Walker Head M 57 Tennessee
Mary Alice Lyphens Walker Wife F 51 Tennessee
Daniel Fred Walker Son M 16 Tennessee
Lena Myrtle Walker Daughter F 14 Tennessee
Ina Alice Walker Daughter F 12 Tennessee
Lucy Edith Maples Granddaughter F 3 Tennessee
Mary Romena Talent Maples Granddaughter F 1 Tennessee
John Earnest Walker Son M 27 Tennessee
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 2 Mar 2004.
Ina Walker King
April 30, 1917 - March 02, 2004
Birthplace: Sevier County, TN
Resided In: Gardner Illinois USA
Visitation: March 06, 2004
Service: March 06, 2004
Cemetery: Mattox Cemetery
Ina Walker King, age 86 of Gardner, IL, passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at Ottawa Community Hospital in Ottawa, IL. Born April 30, 1917 in Sevier County to the late John H. and Mary (Trotter) Walker. Ina was raised and educated in rural Sevier County. She married Hoyel Sherman King December 22, 1939 and became a housewife and homemaker. In 1947 she and her husband moved to rural Kirksville, MO, where they lived for 20 years before moving to the Braceville-Gardner area in the mid 1960’s. Sherman passed away June 24, 1983. Ina was a niece of the famed Walker sisters of Little Greenbriar, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She researched and published a “Who’s Who” book about her family genealogy. She was a member of First Families of TN, an organization of descendants from families who settled in TN prior to statehood in 1796. Ina loved writing poetry and has had several poems published. She also enjoyed sewing, reading, crafting, and gardening. Ina was a former 4-H leader and Sunday school teacher. She was a member of Headrick’s Chapel in Sevier County and attended the Church of Hope in Gardner. She was involved with the Senior Citizen Center and the Rebecca Circle church group both in Gardner.
She was preceded in death by her three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Ernest and Lila Walker, George Walker, Roy Walker and Mattie Walker, seven sisters and four brothers-in-law, Ethel and Mack Maples, Minnie and John Maples, Pearl and Shannon Kirby, Marvin Trentham, Lucy Tallent, Edith Walker, Irene Walker, and an infant sister.
Survivors:
Children:
John (Zelda) King, of Braceville, IL
Thelma (Lawrence) Buck, of South Wilmington, IL
Grandchildren:
Robin (Steve) Howard, of Wilmington, IL
Mark (Bobbi) King, of Gardner
Angela (David) Bexson
Sheri (William) Simms
Clayton (Heather) Buck, all of South Wilmington, IL
Eight great grandchildren:
Trevor and Trent Howard, John Lawless, Kylie and Tori King, Cassi and Kristen Bexson, and Katie Simms
Brother: Fred Walker, Wears Valley, TN
Sister: Myrtle Trentham, of Loudon, TN
Sister-in-law: Rowena Walker
Numerous nieces and nephews
Funeral service 2 PM Saturday in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Hickman officiating. Interment will follow in Mattox Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Mattox Cemetery Fund, Cotter Circle, Sevierville, TN 37862. The family will receive friends from 1-2 PM Saturday at Atchley Funeral Home, Sevierville. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
- [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 663.
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