

  <p>Walker, Rev. Orville B.</p>
  <p>Passed: 2005-05-11</p>
  <p>Age: 92</p>


  <p>Source: Charleston Daily Mail</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 2005-05-14</p>
  <p>Information:      The Rev. Orville B. Walker, 92, of Ripley went to be with the Lord on May 11, 2005.  He passed away at Eldercare of WV, Ripley.  He was born March 1, 1913, in Goldtown, Jackson County, a son of the late Ralph and Medora Johnson Walker.  He was an Army veteran of World War II and was a car salesman, having worked at Fred Sayre Motors, Ripley, and owned an operated Walker Used Autos.  He served as pastor at Goshen Baptist Church, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Plainview Church and New Prospect Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Tressie Faye Gandee Walker; a daugher and her husband, Imogene and Earl ""Hick"" Casto; grandchildren, Teresa Thorpe of Dayton, Ohio, Mike Casto of Columbia, S.C., Lisa Stephens  of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Charmin McCarty of Ripley; and great-grandchildren, Sara Thorpe, Brian Thorpe, Zachary Casto, Kerra Stephens and Katie Johnson.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Orville Billy Walker, Jr.; and a daughter, Azelna Walker.  Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Sunday, May 15, at Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley with Pastor Darrell Johnson officiating.  Burial with military rites provided by American Legion Post 107, Ripley, will be in Goshen Cemetery, Kentuck.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with rites by the IOOF Lodge 30, Ripley, at 7 p.m.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Goshen Cemetery, Kentuck, WV.</p>


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