Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Tuesday, March 11, 1941

RITES WEDNESDAY AT WAYNESBORO FOR MRS. WALKER

Mrs. Ophelia Golden Walker, 75 years old, of Waynesboro, died at 5:50 a.m. today at the home of a daughter, Mrs. W. W. Parker, 505 Railroad street, Hattiesburg. Services will be held at the Wright Funeral Home here at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The body will then by taken to Waynesboro for services in the Methodist church at 2 p.m. followed by interment in the Waynesboro cemetery. The Rev. O. S. Lewis, pastor of the Court Street Methodist church, will have charge of funeral services, assisted by the Rev. J. W. Sells of Crystal Springs, former Court Street Methodist church pastor.

Mrs. Walker is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Parker of Hattiesburg; Mrs. B. F. Busby, of West Point; Mrs. W. W. Blair, Quitman, and Mrs. Rosier Neely, Waynesboro; three sons, Willis, P. J. [sic John J.], and J. C. Walker, all of Hattiesburg; five sisters, Mrs. Judson M. McMichael, Lake Charles, La.; Mrs. Harvey Taylor, San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. R. L. McGregor, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Fred Moore, and Mrs. Robert Davis, both of Waynesboro; two brothers, Robert Golden, Waynesboro, and Grover Golden, Mt. Olive; and a half brother, T. S. Waldrum, Waynesboro.

Funeral arrangements are in charge of Wright Funeral Home.