Melvin Walker

Garden City, Kansas Melvin Eugene Walker, age 69, died Sunday, May 2, 2010 at his home in Garden City, Kansas. He was born on February 16, 1941 in Larned, Kansas the son of John D. and Leigh Kathleen Sooby Walker. A resident of Garden City since 1943 moving from Larned, he had been an outside salesman for the Kansasland Goodyear store in Garden City. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Eagles Lodge, the American Legion and the Knights of Columbus all of Garden City and Melvin was a US Navy Veteran. On February 24, 1961 he married Doris Ellen Atkinson at Garden City, Kansas. She survives. Other Survivors Include: Two Sons, Lynn R. Walker of Garden City, Kansas and Jeff Purdy of McPherson, Kansas; One Daughter, Kathleen E. Handy of Garden City, Kansas; One Brother, Tom Walker of Garden City, Kansas; One Sister, Dolores Peters of Twinsburg, Ohio; Six Grandchildren and Three Great-Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and One Brother, Donald Walker. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30am on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Garden City with Rev. Mary Fabin presiding. There will be no public calling times. Interment will be held in the Valley View Cemetery in Garden City, Kansas. The family requests memorials be given to the American Legion Elevator Project in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home of Garden City.