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Bessie Imogene Walker 1929 – 2024 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 AUG 1929

Birth Location: Beckham County, Oklahoma, USA

Death Date: 13 APR 2024

Death Location: El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA

Father: Joseph Walker

Mother: Maudie Stephens

Spouse(s): Falconer Edwards, Arnold Wallace

Children(s): Rocky Edwards, Betty Edwards, Patti Edwards, Robert Wallace

Bessie Imogene Walker was born in 1929 in Beckham County, Oklahoma, USA, the child of Joseph Marion Walker and Maudie May Stephens. Bessie Imogene Walker later married Falconer Patrick Odene Edwards and Arnold Bruce Wallace, and together they raised children including Rocky Allen Edwards, Betty Gail Edwards, Patti Jean Edwards and Robert Bruce Wallace. In 2024, Bessie Imogene Walker passed away in El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA.

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Parents

Joseph Walker
1901 – 1983
Birth Location: Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA
JW
Maudie Stephens
1899 – 1984
Birth Location: Black River, Independence, Arkansas, USA
MS

Spouses(s)

Falconer Edwards
1928 – 1954
Birth Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
FE
Arnold Wallace
1926 – 2001
Birth Location: Cordell, Washita County, Oklahoma, United States
AW

Children(s)

Rocky Edwards
1952 –
Birth Location: –
RE
Betty Edwards
1954 –
Birth Location: Oklahoma, USA
BE
Patti Edwards
1953 –
Birth Location: –
PE
Robert Wallace
1964 –
Birth Location: –
RW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 AUG 1929
    Event Place: Beckham County, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Details: Details: Citation Text: Record for Imogene M Walker-Wallce, Details: Details: Details: National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Arapaho, Custer, Oklahoma; Roll: 1528; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 20-1 Citation Text: R, Details: Details: Details: Year: 1930; Census Place: Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 2341672 Citation Text: Record for Bessie T Walker, Details: Details: Details: Year: 1930; Census Place: Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma; Roll: 1938; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 701.0; FHL microfilm: 2341672, Details: Details: Details: Year: 1940; Census Place: Fresno, California; Roll: T627_205; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 10-123B, Details: Details: Details: accessed 12 Dec 2022), entry for Bessie Imogene Walker, person ID GQ4N-391., entry for Bessie Imogene Walker, person ID GQ4N-391.), Oklahoma, U.S., Voter Registration Records, 1960-2023, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, Oklahoma State Election Board; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Oklahoma Voter Registration Records,1901-2023, Publication Place: Edmond, Oklahoma, USA, Publication Place: Edmond, Oklahoma, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma, United States of America
    Record Source: Details: Details: Citation Text: Record for Imogene M Walker-Wallce, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Publication Place: Edmond, Oklahoma, USA, Publication Place: Edmond, Oklahoma, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Cordell, Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Details: Details: Details: Year: 1930; Census Place: Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 2341672 Citation Text: Record for Bessie T Walker, Details: Details: Details: Year: 1930; Census Place: Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma; Roll: 1938; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0008; Image: 701.0; FHL microfilm: 2341672

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: Details: Details: Details: National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Arapaho, Custer, Oklahoma; Roll: 1528; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 20-1 Citation Text: R, Details: Details: Details: Year: 1930; Census Place: Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 2341672 Citation Text: Record for Bessie T Walker

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 16 APR 2024
    Event Place: Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 OCT 1975
    Event Place: Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Oklahoma, U.S., Voter Registration Records, 1960-2023, Oklahoma State Election Board; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Oklahoma Voter Registration Records,1901-2023

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 13 APR 2024
    Event Place: El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Details: Details: Citation Text: Record for Imogene M Walker-Wallce, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Publication Place: Edmond, Oklahoma, USA, Publication Place: Edmond, Oklahoma, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: California, USA
    Record Source: Details: Details: Citation Text: Record for Imogene M Walker-Wallce

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Judicial Township 8, Fresno, California, United States

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Thomas, Oklahoma
    Record Source: Details: Details: Details: Year: 1940; Census Place: Fresno, California; Roll: T627_205; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 10-123B

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 APR 1940
    Event Place: Fresno, California, United States
    Record Source: Details: Details: Details: Year: 1940; Census Place: Fresno, California; Roll: T627_205; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 10-123B

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Arapaho, Custer, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Details: Details: Details: National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Arapaho, Custer, Oklahoma; Roll: 1528; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 20-1 Citation Text: R

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1993
    Event Place: 73014-0067, Calumet, OK
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1994
    Event Place: 73014, Calumet, OK
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 73036, El Reno, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Oklahoma, U.S., Voter Registration Records, 1960-2023, Oklahoma State Election Board; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Oklahoma Voter Registration Records,1901-2023

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Calumet, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: Details: Details: Citation Text: Record for Imogene M Walker-Wallce

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 17 APR 1950
    Event Place: Arapaho Township, Custer, Oklahoma, United States

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