Vincent W. Walker

Mr. Vince Walker North Augusta, SC—Funeral Services for Mr. Vincent W. Walker, 81, of Pisgah Road, North Augusta, SC, who entered into rest January 17, 2011, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor James K. Glander officiating. Interment in Pineview Memorial Park with Veterans Honors. Mr. Walker was a native of Royal Oak Michigan having made North Augusta his home for the past 58 years. He was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and a US Army Veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Walker was a graduate of Roosevelt Military Academy , Aledo, Illinois and attended Lawrence Instiitute of Technology in Detroit, Michigan. He retired from E. I. DuPont Company and Westinghouse at the Savannah River Site with 43 years of service. While employed with DuPont, he received the American Nuclear Society Best Paper Award and Certificate of Merit in 1975 for the presentation “Equipment and Operations for Preparing 252 Cf Neutron Sources for Interstitial Cancer Radiotherapy Research.” He was a member of the North Augusta Planning and Zoning Commission for 12 years and the CSRA Dixie Radio Control Flyers Club. Mr. Walker enjoyed traveling the world, water skiing, boating, flying remote controlled model airplanes, building furniture and playing bridge. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend who will be missed by all. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Naomi Counts Walker; two sons and daughters-in-law, Philip “Fuzzy” and Elizabeth Walker, Grovetown, GA and Mike and Donna Walker, Charleston, SC; a daughter and son-in-law, Victoria and Mark Marshall , Jupiter, FL; five grandchildren, Tiffany Caldwell, Heather Walker, Justin Walker, Lauren Walker and Jason Tice; a great-grandchild, Trinity Caldwell; special friends, Ray and Marilyn Kroger and family, Bill and Dee Hartshorn and family. Pallbearers will be Ray Kroger, Ed Wilde, Bill Hartshorn, Don Nelson, Randy Watson and Larry Suggs. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday evening from 5 until 7. Memorials may be made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 1002 Carolina Avenue, North Augusta, SC 29841. Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803.278.1181). Visit the registry online at www.poseyfuneralhome.com

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Vincent W. Walker

July 21, 1929 - January 17, 2011