Lorraine Walker, age 86, of Oakwood, Texas died Sunday, January 24, 2016 at her home in Oakwood, Texas.
SERVICES:
Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Location: Andrew Chapel Baptist Church
PO Box 40C
Oakwood, Texas 75855
Interment following services at Oakwood Cemetery, Oakwood, Texas
Final Arrangements made by Emanuel Funeral Home - Palestine, 1721 W. Oak Street, Palestine, TX 75801................................................................................................................................................
Lorraine Walker was born on October 23, 1929 in Oakwood, Texas, to John Wesley and Perlena Eddins Walker. She was the second of eight children.
Lorraine was raised in Oakwood, Texas and attended St. Paul Shiloh School 1st- 12th. She later attended Madame C.J. Walker Beauty Factory, she was a seamstress at Garmet Factory, butcher at Vernon Calhoun and also a Private Day Care.
Lorraine accepted Christ early in life. She was a Baptist.
She married Claude Carr Sr. This union was blessed with four children.
She owned and operated her own business, Lorraine's Beauty Show, in Oakwood, Texas.
She passed away on January 24, 2016 in Oakwood, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wesley and Perlena Walker; sons, Moses Carr and Larry Carr; grandson, Kevin Jones; brothers, Robert Lee Walker, Harvey (Jack( Walker and Wesley Walker, Jr.; Sister, Maggie M. Hudson; brothers-in-law, Birtise (Putty) Hudson, Melvin Alford, Sr. And Horace (Bilbo) Davis.
Those left behind to remember sweet memories are: sons, Claude Carr, Jr., Dallas, Texas, Rodney (Jackie) Carr, Malakoff, Texas; brother, W. Leo Walker, Dallas, Texas; sisters, Annie P. Davis, Oakwood, Texas and Sallie F. Alford, Fort Worth, Texas; caregiver, Mary Smith; fishing buddy, Beverly Savage; ten grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. A host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.