Charles Ray Walker, M.D.
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Charles Ray Walker, M.D.
September 24, 1927 - February 28, 2014
Charles
Ray Walker, M.D., 86, of Beaumont, died Friday, February 28, 2014, at Summer
Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Beaumont. A native of Beaumont, he
was born on September 24, 1927, to Estelle Ray Walker and Howell Haywood Walker,
D.D.S.
Dr.
Walker was Valedictorian of the 1944 graduating class of Beaumont High School.
He received his Associates Degree from Lamar Junior College, Beaumont, in 1945,
and obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from Baylor University, Waco, in 1947. He continued
his education by obtaining his M.D. from The University of Texas Medical Branch
in Galveston in 1951. From 1951-1952, he performed a Rotating Internship at
UTMB followed by his Radiology Residency from 1952-1955.
Throughout
his medical career he was a member and leader of several Radiology
departments. He was a Diplomat on the American Board of Radiology, 1955;
Instructor of Radiology, UTMB, Galveston, 1955-1956; Deputy-Chief of Radiology,
U.S.P.H.S. Hospital, San Francisco, 1956-1957; Chief of Radiology, U.S.P.H.S.
Hospital, Baltimore, 1957-1958; Assistant Professor of Radiology, UTMB,
Galveston, 1958-1960; Private Practice of Diagnostic Roentgenology, Beaumont,
1960-1986; Consultant in Diagnostic Radiology at V.A. Clinic, Beaumont,
1984-1997; and Consultant in Diagnostic Radiology at Southeast Texas Medical
Associates, Beaumont, 1997 until his retirement in 2006.
In
1962, Dr. Walker was one of the founders and first President of the North
Jefferson County Republican Club. He was Jefferson County Republican Party
Chairman from 1964-1970 and 1992-2000. Dr. Walker was also a past President of
the Paul Revere Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, past President
of the local chapter of Sons of Confederate Veterans, and past President of the
Texas Gulf Historical Society. He taught Bible Study at St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church and was a leader of St. Mark’s Men’s Thursday Morning Prayer Breakfast
for thirty years. Dr.
Walker was a collector of classic movies and music from the Big Band era, an avid piano and gin rummy player, active in
Jefferson County politics, and a voracious reader on a wide range of topics
including the Civil War and WWII.
Survivors
include his wife, Patricia Walker of Beaumont; son, Earl Howell Walker; and
daughter, Caroline Walker Pallis and her husband, Constantinos “Dino,” all of
Houston; granddaughter, Rebecca Lynn Pallis; step-granddaughters, Elena Marie
Pallis and Alexandra Michelle Pallis; two brothers, Lynn Walker and William
“Bill” Walker, M.D. and his wife, Pattie; and many other loving nieces and
nephews.
He
is preceded in death by his brother, Haywood Walker, D.D.S.; and sisters, Edna
Erle Kimball, Maude Page Mabry, and Hallie Mae Halpin.
A
gathering of Dr. Walker’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00
p.m., Monday, March 3, 2014, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.
His funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at St.
Mark’s Episcopal Church, 680 Calder Avenue, Beaumont, with entombment to follow
at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Alzheimer’s Association, 700 North Street, Suite M, Beaumont, Texas 77701 or
Tyrell Historical Library, 695 North Pearl Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701.
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