Florida Family Group Sheet for the Elijah James WALKER Family

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Submitted by: John Burnett
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Husband: Elijah James WALKER
Birthdate: 7 March 1912
Birthplace: Echols County, Georgia
Death date: 28 December 1981
Place of death: Macclenny, Baker County, Florida
Burial: Olustee Cemetery, Olustee, Baker Co., Florida
Father: Albert James WALKER
Mother: Ida DOBSON

Marriage date: 28 January 1939
Marriage place: Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia

Wife: Lula Karelle STONECYPHER
Birthdate: 12 January 1919
Birthplace: Suwanee, Gwinnett County, Georgia 
Death date: 13 May 2008 
Place of death: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
Burial: Olustee Cemetery, Olustee, Baker County, Florida
Father: Charlie Edgar STONECYPHER
Mother: Lillie Belle BUICE


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Douglas Scott WALKER
Sex: Male
Birthdate: Circa 1939
Birthplace: Pitts, Georgia
Death date: 
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Spouse's name: Never Married

Child No. 2: Jamie Kay WALKER
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 10 October 1941
Birthplace: Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia 
Death date: 23 May 1978 Place of death: Broward County, Florida
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Macclenny, Baker County, Florida 
Marriage date: 21 January 1961 
Marriage place: Macclenny, Baker County, Florida 
Spouse's name: John Allen BURNETT (1935-1986)

Child No. 3: Ronald Boyd WALKER
Sex: Male
Birthdate: Circa 1945
Birthplace: Lake City, Columbia County, Florida 
Death date: 
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Marriage date: 24 March 1968
Marriage place: Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia 
Spouse's name: Betty Elaine HARVEY

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Documentation: Research of John Burnett of Reno, Nevada.  Florida 
Death Certificates.  Cemetery Records of Baker County, Florida.  Mr. 
Elijah "Lige" Walker was a woods foreman for the Southern Resin and 
Chemical Company.  He and his family lived at Pine Top which was 
located west of Glen St. Mary, Florida.  They located there in 1945 
after living in Lake City, Florida.  Mrs. Walker owned an operated 
a woman's clothing and apparel store in Macclenny, called  Karelle's 
Town Shop.  This business was started in 1962 and at the time was 
the main store for women's clothing in Baker County, Florida.  Mrs. 
Walker was one of the more successful business women of Baker County.  
She retired and sold her business around 1989.  Her husband retired 
from Southern Resin and Chemical Company around 1975.  After 
retirement, the couple built a home in Glen St. Mary, Florida.  Mr. 
Walker died in 1981 and Mrs. Walker continued to live at her home 
until her death in 2008.  Both were Democrats and attended the First 
Baptist Church of Glen St. Mary, Florida.  Mrs. Walker at the time 
of her death was the oldest continous member of the First Baptist 
Church of Glen St. Mary, Florida having joined around 1946-1947.  
This couple have five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.