James Edward Walker

James Edward “Ruff” Walker, resident of the Kirk Community in Fayette County and retired dairy farmer and manufacturing company employee died Wednesday evening, December 7, 2011 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Collierville. He was 69 years of age and died following an extended illness.

Services of Remembrance for Mr. Walker will be at 10 A.M. Saturday, December 10th at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Collierville with Bishop Mike Rowland of the church officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasants Cemetery on Highway 194 between Rossville and Macon. A visitation for Mr. Walker will be 6 to 8 Friday evening at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland.

Mr. Walker was born April 28, 1942 in Oakland, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy Frances Walker and Katie Bell Hughes Walker. He received his education in the Fayette County Public School System and was a lifelong resident of Fayette County. He was a dairy farmer throughout his life and in earlier years was employed by the Wonder Products Company of Collierville and Harts Manufacturing Company of Collierville.

He was a member of the Collierville Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Fishing was a favorite pastime and Mr. Walker also enjoyed caring for his pet cats and raising chickens at his residence.

Mr. Walker is survived by his sister, Etta Medina Watson of Belzoni, MS; and his brother, Johnny Walker of Birmingham, AL. He also leaves special friends, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pleasants of Rossville.

The family requests that memorials be directed to the Pleasants Cemetery Association, 235 Linwood Drive, Rossville, TN 38066.