by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: SUNDAY, February 21, 1993 TAG: 9302220207 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT WALKER, OTHA D.
WALKER, Otha D., 87, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, February 20, 1993 in Montgomery Regional Hospital. He was a retired employee of the Sealtest Dairies, an active member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, a charter member and past president of the Christiansburg Kiwanis Club, and a past member of the Christiansburg Recreation Commission. He is survived by his wife, Genevieve Lawrence Walker; one daughter and son-in-law, Margaret Ann and Eugene Peyton, Christiansburg; two grandsons, David and Philip Peyton; one granddaughter-in-law, Rhonda Peyton; two great-grandsons, Drew and Dustin Peyton; three sisters, Mildred May, Garnet Dickerson, both of Roanoke, Hazel Chafin, Pilot; one sister-in-law, Jennie Lawrence, Bowie, Md.; a niece and nephew, Rose Marie and Robert Rice, Bowie, Md.; numerous other nieces and nephews; close friends, Don, Drema and Jamie Smithers. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday only at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, February 22, from the St. Paul United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Rick Geoghegan. Members of the Frank R. Wickham Bible Class will serve as the pallbearers. Interment will follow in Sunset Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the Building Fund of St. Paul United Methodist Church or the Christiansburg Rescue Squad. Arrangements are being handled by Richardson-Horne Funeral Home.