WILLIAM WALTERS
1865-1939
W. M. WALTERS 73, DIED MAY 20
Well Known Merchant Passes After Long Illness.
W. M. Walters, 73, affectionately known to a large number of Johnson
county people as "Uncle Billie" died Sunday, May 20, after an illness
of five years from an incurable disease.
He had been confined to his bed for 110 days when death relieved him
of his suffering.
Mr. Walters was a member of a well known Johnson county family and
during his life had been a merchant for 19 years.
He was born at Bobbs Branch, near Offutt, in 1865, a son of Shady and
Elizabeth Walters, who preceded him in death many years ago.
Mr. Walters was twice married. His first wife was Miss Julia Davis and
to this union were born three sons, Leonard, Glen, and Mitchell. Mrs.
Walters died in 1906, and a son Mitchell, died February 23, 1938.
Mr. Walters' second marriage was to Miss Emma D. Allen of Virginia.
No children were born to this union.
Funeral and burial were in charge of Rev. Guy W. Preston and Rev. Lafe
Preston. Interment was in the old Wheeler cemetery near the old
Walters homestead.
Mr. Walters was a member of Old Friendship Unithed Baptist Church which he
joined in young manhood.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
6-1-1939
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