Emanuel Morton Walker Jr. from Little Rock passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023 at the age of 85. He was born in Little Rock in a Township called Big Rock, AR on April 28, 1937. He joined the Air force at age 19 and spent 13 months in Iceland while active.
He loved racing cars at Carlisle Drag strip racetrack in his 1957 Chevrolet. He worked at Arkansas Best Freight (ABF) for 33 years and retired.
He was preceded in death by his mother Ethel Lang Sales, his father Emanuel Morton Walker Sr., his sisters, Virginia Moore, Hazel Speer, and Marie Bradshaw, brother, Harold Walker, daughter, Tammy Lynn Cole and niece, LaDonna Smeltzer Campbell.
He is survived by loving wife, Sherry Ann Walker and one sister, Kay (Douglas) Crowder, Survivors include one son, Brian Keith Walker, Granddaughter, Samantha (Katherine) Walker. Nieces/Nephews include Rhonda (Paul) Burton, Robbye (Gary) Flynn, Amanda Crowder, Todd (Jennifer) Crowder, Darren Grimmett, Ginger Grimmett, Norma Sanders, Carolyn Speer Erwin, Jennifer Simmons, Lorry Simmons, eight grand nieces and nephews, and five great-grand nieces and nephews.
A memorial service for Emanuel will be held Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 10:00 AM at Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth Funeral Home, 5800 West 12th St., Little Rock, AR 72204.
