Obituary for Evelyn Vernell Walton
Greer Funeral Home
235 South Pennsylvania
Mangum, Oklahoma 73554
(580) 782-3323
WALTON
Evelyn Walton, age 75, of Mangum, passed away Sunday evening, November 20, 2011, at her residence, in Mangum.
Mrs. Walton was born in Boswell, Oklahoma on July 20, 1936, to Leslie and Violet (Cahill) Harris. Moving to Odessa, Texas in the mid 1950"s, she later met and married, the love of her life, Wendell Walton, on September 4, 1954, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. With Wendell working for an oil company and a seismograph crew, they lived in several different locations. In 1967, they moved to the Austin, Texas area until 1984, when they moved to Colorado. Back to Texas again, they stayed until 1996, when they moved to Mangum, where she lived until her death. A wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and sister who dearly loved her family, Evelyn enjoyed quilting, working crossword puzzles, yard work, dice and board games and playing the slot machines.
Preceded in death by her husband, Wendell; one son, Charles Walton; her parents, Leslie and Violet Harris; two brothers, Paul Harris and Elbert Harris and one sister, Jorene Woolen, she is survived by five children, Beverly Goertz and husband Kenneth of Westcliffe, Colorado, Mona Walton of Mangum, Rodney Walton and wife Raqel of Mangum, Michael Walton of Mangum and Paula Gavin of Mangum; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren; four sisters, Donna Lyda of Mangum, Tina Dupree and husband Dennis of Coweta, Oklahoma, Barbara Smith and husband Charles of Mangum, Betty Sampler of Mangum; four brothers, Travis Harris and wife Diana of Davidson, Oklahoma, Gary Harris and wife Linda of Cache, Oklahoma, Harold Harris of Mangum and Les Harris and wife Julie of Altus along with many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Evelyn Walton will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at Greer Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery under the direction of Greer Funeral Home of Mangum
The family will greet friends at Greer Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, from 6 until 7 p.m.
Online tributes may be made to the family at www.GreerFuneral.com
11/22/2011
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Visitation
Greer Funeral Home
Mangum
OK
11/23/2011
10:00 AM
Funeral
Greer Funeral Home
Mangum
OK
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235 South Pennsylvania
Mangum, Oklahoma 73554
(580) 782-3323
WALTON
Evelyn Walton, age 75, of Mangum, passed away Sunday evening, November 20, 2011, at her residence, in Mangum.
Mrs. Walton was born in Boswell, Oklahoma on July 20, 1936, to Leslie and Violet (Cahill) Harris. Moving to Odessa, Texas in the mid 1950"s, she later met and married, the love of her life, Wendell Walton, on September 4, 1954, in Carlsbad, New Mexico. With Wendell working for an oil company and a seismograph crew, they lived in several different locations. In 1967, they moved to the Austin, Texas area until 1984, when they moved to Colorado. Back to Texas again, they stayed until 1996, when they moved to Mangum, where she lived until her death. A wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and sister who dearly loved her family, Evelyn enjoyed quilting, working crossword puzzles, yard work, dice and board games and playing the slot machines.
Preceded in death by her husband, Wendell; one son, Charles Walton; her parents, Leslie and Violet Harris; two brothers, Paul Harris and Elbert Harris and one sister, Jorene Woolen, she is survived by five children, Beverly Goertz and husband Kenneth of Westcliffe, Colorado, Mona Walton of Mangum, Rodney Walton and wife Raqel of Mangum, Michael Walton of Mangum and Paula Gavin of Mangum; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-eight great grandchildren; four sisters, Donna Lyda of Mangum, Tina Dupree and husband Dennis of Coweta, Oklahoma, Barbara Smith and husband Charles of Mangum, Betty Sampler of Mangum; four brothers, Travis Harris and wife Diana of Davidson, Oklahoma, Gary Harris and wife Linda of Cache, Oklahoma, Harold Harris of Mangum and Les Harris and wife Julie of Altus along with many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Evelyn Walton will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at Greer Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery under the direction of Greer Funeral Home of Mangum
The family will greet friends at Greer Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, from 6 until 7 p.m.
Online tributes may be made to the family at www.GreerFuneral.com
11/22/2011
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
Visitation
Greer Funeral Home
Mangum
OK
11/23/2011
10:00 AM
Funeral
Greer Funeral Home
Mangum
OK
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