Jimmy R. Walker

Jimmy R. Walker, 68, of Canyon died April 16, 2018, four days shy of his 69th birthday.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St.

Jimmy was born April 20, 1949 in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Isom and Marie Walker. He graduated from Dimmitt High School was married to Sue Ellen Luttrell  for 20 years.  Jimmy was a member of Rockwell Road Baptist Church where he drove a bus for their Feed the Children’s Ministry for several years.

Jimmy had worked for Deaf Smith County Road Maintenance, Kendrick Oil Company and Premium Standard Farms in Dalhart. He then became a service manager for the Amarillo branch of Business Hygiene. He was an avid Texas Tech Red Raider and Oakland Raiders fan. Jimmy had many friends throughout the entire Texas Panhandle.

He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Bobby Walker in 2005.

Jimmy is survived by his dear wife, Sue of Canyon; daughter, Pam Richards of Trout Lake, Washington; stepdaughter, Amanda Lynn Rice of Denton, Texas; son, Mark Walker and wife Dendee of Canyon, Texas; sister, Sandra Bradshaw of Lubbock, Texas; brother, Jerry Walker of Dimmitt, Texas; and 5 grandchildren, Brylee, Draden, Elijah, Alyssa and Mattison.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorials be made to Rockwell Road Baptist Church Children’s Ministry, P.O. Box 31495, Amarillo, Texas 79120-1495.  Please reference his name on donation for family appreciation.