Walker, Tressie Faye Gandee

Passed: 2008-11-21

Age: 91

Source: Charleston Daily Mail

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2008-11-24

Information:      Tressie Faye Gandee Walker, 91, of Ripley went home to be with the Lord November 21, 2008.  She wass born May 21, 1917, at Kenna, the daughter of the late William H. and Alice Raines Gandee.  She was a homemaker and mother that loved to take care of her family.  She is survived by a daughter, Imogene and her husband Earl ""Hick"" Casto of Ripley; grandchildren, Teresa Thorpe of Dayton, Ohio, Mike Casto of Columbia, S.C., and Charmin McCarty of Ripley; reat-grandchildren, Sara Thorpe, Brian Thorpe, Zachary Casto, Kerra Stephesns and Katie Johnson; brother, Boyd V. ""Bill"" Gandee of Nitro; and many nieces and nephews.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Orville B. Walker; her son, Orville Billy Walker, Jr.; brother, Darrell Gandee, and sisters, Opal Anderson and Garnet Southall.  The family would like to thank everyone for the wonderful care they gave Tressie at Eldercare.  May God bless you all.   The funeral service will be held at 11 .m. Monday, November 24, 2008, at Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley, with the Rev. Darrell Johnson officiating.  Burial will be in Goshen Cemetery, Kentuck.