Joe Walton Sr.

Joe Walton Sr., 89, of Lonoke, Arkansas quietly passed away on October 14, 2013, at a hospice in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He was born June 15, 1924 in Lonoke Arkansas to the late Ken and Millie Walton.  He is survived by his wife, Jessie Walton, Grand Blanc, Michigan; three sons: Joe Jr. (Edna) Walton of Sherwood, Arkansas; Leonard (LaDonna) Walton of Little Rock, Arkansas; Jesse (MiChel) Walton of Allen, Texas; five daughters:  Joan (Robert) Jones of Grand Blanc, Michigan; Joyce Allen and Gayle Walton of Little Rock, Arkansas; Carolyn (Larry) Rouse of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Dorothy (Barnil) Johnson of Conyers, Georgia and 16 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Services are as follows: Visitation Friday, October 25 from 6-7:30 pm at the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Lonoke Arkansas. Funeral will be Saturday October 26, at 1 p.m., Gateway Fellowship Lonoke with interment following at Sunset Memorial Garden, Pastor Lee Coleman presiding. Entrusted to: Colonial Southern Services 216 Court St. Carlisle, Arkansas 870-552-1238. "Excellent service is a southern tradition."