Friends and family of J.C. “Jakey” Walker commemorated the 50th anniversary of his death on June 5 with a patriotic program of singing and sharing memories of his boyhood and military service. Dennis and Vickie Wright hosted the memorial at their home, which overlooks Toledo Bend Lake in the Walkerville community, a few miles from where Walker grew up with his parents, brothers, and sisters. His surviving siblings are Betty Oxley of Negreet, Bobbie Wynn of Hemphill, Texas; Benny Walker of Milam, Texas; Sarah Pilcher of Zwolle and Donnie Walker of Coushatta.
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