Raymond Bell Walker Sr.

Funeral services for Raymond Bell Walker Sr. will be held at 11 a.m.M. on Saturday, October 10, 2015 in the chapel of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2015 in Peppers Lake Cemetery, DeValls Bluff, Ark. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2015 at John Kramer & Son Funeral Home. Raymond Bell Walker Sr., 93, of Alexandria, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Raymond is preceded in death by his parents, Otto and Anna Walker; and siblings, Pat, Sis, Anita, and Dolly. Raymond served four years in the United States Navy during WWII on the Destroyer/Mine Sweeper USS Davidson 618. He served in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific Theaters. After settling in Alexandria in 1946, he worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad as a locomotive engineer, on both steam and diesel engines, for over 40 years. Raymond is survived by his wife of 73 years, Hattie Grace Alexander Walker of Alexandria, LA; 8 children, Raynal, Anita, James, Aubrey, Raymond Jr., Raye, Helen, and Grace; as well as grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. He will be remembered as an honorable man of conviction, virtue, high ideals and generous spirit. Above all, Raymond Walker was a man of staunch, unwavering faith in God, and of dedicated love and devotion for Hattie Grace, who remains the very light and life of his heart. To extend online notes of condolences to the Walker Family, please visit www.KramerFunerals.com.