Obituary

Billy Frank "Frankie" Walker, 64, of Plainview passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011, in Lubbock. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Matt Baird of First Baptist Church in Hart officiating and Mr. Fred Willis of Plainview assisting. Burial will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at the funeral home. Frankie was born Sept. 20, 1946, in Plainview to Dale and Jean Walker. He grew up in Plainview and graduated from Plainview High School in 1965. He attended Texas Tech University for several years before going to Southwest Business College. He moved to Jasper, Ala., for two years where he worked as a court reporter. They moved back to Plainview where he partnered with his father in Walker Drilling. He owned and operated the business for many years. He was an avid fisherman and hunter, and he absolutely loved being a Papa and Granpa Monkey to his grandchildren and an Uncle Monk to his nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dale and Jean Walker, and one sister, Delta Jean Walker Smith. He is survived by wife, Nancy Walker; one daughter, Tiffany Walling and her husband, Drew, of Flower Mound, Texas; one son, Bryan Walker and his wife, Wendy, of Frisco, Texas; four grandchildren, Matthew Walling, Gracen Walling, Evan Wakefield and Abby Walker; and one sister, Tammy Michele Devin-Molina of Bulgaria. The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge of Lubbock, 3511 10th St., Lubbock, TX 79423; or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com.