Moses Walton

Moses Walton VI was born in Woodstock Virginia to Judge Morgan L Walton Jr and Francis Allen on March 5, 1934. He passed away at home with family and friends August 5, 2024. He was 90 years old and 6 months to the day.

Moses was survived by his wife Josephine Payla, daughters Valerie Kennedy and Melissa Arnold, 5 grandchildren, Lauren, James, Rachel, Jada and Michael and 8 great grandchildren.

Moses spent most of his youth in military boarding school. The war in Korea was in full force in 1951 when he enlisted in the Navy. He was 17 years old. He was taken by rail car to California where he was assigned to a wooden ship left over from WW2. He was later deployed to patrol the waters off Korea on a minesweeper ship as a diesel mechanic.

After the military Moses settled in Florida where his family had spent winters in a house on the Clermont chain of lakes. This is when he met Rose Marie, and they married and had two children. Together he and his wife built a gas station in East Orlando and later started a used auto parts “junk yard” in New Smyrna Beach and built dune buggies. While they enjoyed financial success sadly the marriage did not survive.

Moses moved to Colorado where he renovated apartment buildings and later built homes and developed subdivisions outside of Denver.

He was an adventurer, imported cars from Europe on the grey market, and had a pawn shop in Virginia. He loved sailing and purchased a 60-foot sailboat in New England and sailed down to Fort Lauderdale. He even lived aboard for a while. He loved airplanes and learned to fly. He had several single engine Cessna airplanes including his most high-performance craft, the Velocity. He loved convertibles, muscle cars and anything that went fast.

Through his travels he found himself spending more time in the Philippines. He was intrigued by the stories circulating in the Philippines of gold and jewels hidden by the retreating Japanese in the last days of WW2. This started his years of treasure hunting. He never found the gold but found great purpose in his missionary work. He sponsored an orphanage and Christian school and built a home in the mountains. During this time, he met Josephine, and they were married.

Moses and Josephine returned to the states in 2013, and Moses lived out his last 11 years in Orlando near his family. He knew no stranger and always tried to make a difference in any way he could. He loved life and was passionate about spread the word of God. He was active at Kress Memorial Seventh Day Adventist Church. Moses will be missed by all who knew him, and will be forever in our hearts.

A Celebration of Life will be held on October 5, 2024 at 3:00pm, Kress Memorial Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 746 Formosa Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789.