The central record., 1913-01-24
Walker.

Mr.. Stephen Walker passed quietly
to rest on last Thursday afternoon at
$50 O'Clock at his home on Lexington
street in this city after an illness of
more than two years duration. During
his long period of suffering Mr.. Walker
has sought the advice OF the most
eminent physicians and has submitted
to several painful operations, all of
which afforded him but temporary re-
lief, his malady being of such a nature
that with its complications. there was
no hope of permanent relief.
| w. S. Walker was born in GarraTd
county Ky. on April, IL, 1911. the old
est son of John and Jane Kavanaugh
Walker, who were of hardy old Virgin
ia stock, and whose many sturdy quail
tiles were handed down to their eldest
son. He was first married in 1862 to
Miss Belle, the daughter of the late A.
F. Denny, and to that union was born
Miss Belle Walker, who has long since
gone to her reward, and Miss Eliza
beth, now Mrs. ]. sW. Doland of
Huntington W. Va. After the death
of his first wife Mr.. Walker was again
married in 1871 to Miss Fannie Terrill,
who survives him, together with four
sons, Messrs John w. ard TOles I.
Walker of this place, Arch K. Walker
of Princeton Ky, and Robert Walker
of Fayetteville Tenn. and one daughter
Miss Margaret Walket of this place, as
: well as by two brothers, Messrs J.
Wade and Arch X. Walker and one
sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Denny. all of
the county. During his entire life Mr..
Walker has resided upon his farm to
the south east of Paint Lick. until a
few months age he purchased and
moved to home on Lexington street
in Lancaster, in the hope that the
change of scene and surroundings
might prove beneficial, and in order
that he might be closer to the care of
} physician.
I A Presbyterian of the old school, Mr..
Walker united with the church at
Manse, Old Paint Lick, in his early
boyhood days, and it has been through
the instrumentality of him and his
brothers that the church at that place
has maintained it's position as one of
the strongest churches of that de-
nomination in this part of Kentucky.
: For more than thirty years he has been
one of the elders.
An uncompromising democrat, he
has ever been ready and willing to
give of his time and talent for his
party's welfare, and has been consider
ed power through the county in time
of elections, but he has never aspired
: to office, in fact he has studiously
avoided Office holding, refusing to ac-
! cept Office, which he might time and
, again had at the hands of his party,
but which he as often rejected. save
{ the office of Magistrate of his district,
which Office he consented to accept,
principally because he believed that he
might be of more benhfit to the COM
y munity in which he dwelt
A blunt, plain spoken man, but with
a heart as tender as a womans, and
with a kindly sympathy for all who
were distressed, and hand as ready
as heart that was true, he was a
blessing to the people in whose midst
he dwelt, ever ready to assist them in
their trials, both with good advice and
' that which was more substantial, for
D miles around there were those who will
= miss him for his many noble and char
: liable deeds, whom he had befriended
time and again, when there was no one
i else to whom thew might turn. To
these his memory will ever be fondly
cherished, and the knowledge is brought
D vividly to them that they have lost a
/ friend whose place it will be impossible
) to fill. Oldest of the famous walker
r Bros" of Garrard county, he is known
| all over the United States as a fol-
lower of the hounds and a raiser of
fine fox hounds; the first president of
the National Fox Hunters Association,
: and an officer in that organization
a since its foundation. Even in his de-
D clining years, the last two years when
n he was desperately i'll, he delighted to
t meet with his old friends of the organ
: ization when they would hold their an
: nual meeting at Crab Orchard, and to
s him the sweetest music on this earth
!. was the baying of a favorite hound.
d The entire county mourns him as a
h true hearted, noble minded christian
It gentleman, and our grief while felt
r more poignantly here at home, where
he is known and loved best, is shared