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Mike Walker

1947 - 2024

BORN

1947

DIED

2024

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Tutor Memorial Funeral Home - Pontotoc

270 Coffee St.

Pontotoc, Mississippi

Mike Walker Obituary

PONTOTOC - Mike Walker, 77, passed away at NMMC-Tupelo, MS, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Raised in the Thaxton community, he graduated from Thaxton High School in 1965. Mike and Betty Franklin Walker were united in marriage on August 28, 1965. He had a passion for playing music and was an avid Ole Miss Rebels fan.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Walker; his son, Brian Walker (Kathi); his daughter, Kim; and four grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Wiley and Ottice Walker; his brother, Jimmy Walker; and a grandson, Brent Boland.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 PM on Friday, November 8, 2024, at Baldwin Memorial Funeral Home in Pontotoc, with Bro. Scotty Bland officiating. Interment will follow at Laodicea (Lafayette Springs) Cemetery. Baldwin Memorial Funeral Home is overseeing the arrangements.

Serving as pallbearers are Leslie Wilder, Eddie Stegall, Greg Ellis, Mickey Mapp, Kenneth Mowery, and Reggie Zinn. Honorary pallbearers include Dustin Boland and all the former baseball players he coached.

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Published by Pontotoc Progress on Nov. 7, 2024.

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Beverly Knight

November 7, 2024

Betty, Kim and Brian my heart breaks for you all. Gone way too soon. Love you all. Beverly

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