Hans Thomas Walker, I
1900 - 1993 (92 years)-
Name Hans Thomas Walker Suffix I Born 2 Nov 1900 Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba Gender Male Died 15 Jan 1993 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Buried 18 Jan 1993 Greenlawn Memorial Gardens - Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA Person ID I9033 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 12 Sep 2020
Father John Randall Walker, b. 22 Jul 1863, Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA , d. 3 Aug 1921, Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA (Age 58 years) Mother Hester Elizabeth Swain, b. 26 Nov 1862, Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois, USA , d. 15 Oct 1933, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA (Age 70 years) Married 1 Jul 1889 Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA Family ID F3999 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Julia Elizabeth Giles, b. 2 Nov 1904, Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA , d. 13 May 1968, Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA (Age 63 years) Married 16 Jun 1925 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA Divorced 1945 Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA Children + 1. Hans Thomas Walker, II, b. 10 Jan 1934, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA , d. 29 Apr 2003, Titusville, Brevard County, Florida, USA (Age 69 years) Last Modified 12 Sep 2020 Family ID F4061 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Margaret Rowe Brandt, b. 24 Dec 1915, d. 24 May 1976 (Age 60 years) Married 12 Mar 1945 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA Last Modified 12 Sep 2020 Family ID F4062 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Hans Thomas Walker, I
Documents U.S. World War II Draft Card - Hans Thomas Walker, I
Name: Hans Thomas Walker
Race: White
Age: 41
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 2 Nov 1900
Birth Place: Duval, Florida, USA
Residence Place: Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Registration Date: 14 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
Employer: American Oil Company
Weight: 250 lbs.
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 9"
Next of Kin: Julia E. WalkerObituary of Hans Thomas Walker, I
Published in The Greenville News on January 17, 1993Life-Saving Medal Awarded Floridian - Hans Thomas Walker, I
Published in The Tampa Bay Times on December 23, 1928Hans Thomas Walker, I - 1940 Florida Governor Candidate
Published in The Fort Myers News-Press on January 2, 1940
Headstones Crypt of Hans Thomas Walker, I and Margaret Rowe Brandt Walker
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens - Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Plot: Mausoleum Complex
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Notes - Obituary:
Hans Thomas Walker, 92, was civic leader
SPARTANBURG - Hans Thomas Walker, civic leader and resident of 110 Anderson Drive, died Jan. 15, 1993, at Doctors Memorial Hospital. He was 92.
He was a retired employee of Amoco Oil Co. and the Civil Defense.
He was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, a former deacon and elder of Routh Memorial Presbyterian Church.
A candidate for governor of Florida in 1940, he was organizer of the Croft Fire Department and helped in the organization of 25 others. He was co-organizer and a member of the Spartanburg County Fire Chiefs Association, a member of the South Carolina Fireman's Association, and a former member of Southeastern Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Fire Chiefs.
He was recipient of the State Fireman's Citizenship Award and was inducted into the Fireman's Hall of Fame for South Carolina and Spartanburg County. An outstanding fireman award is given annually in his honor.
A member of the Spartanburg Rotary Club, he was inducted as a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International.
Surviving are two sons, Dr. Tom Walker of Titusville, Fla., and Leland Brandt of the home; and a daughter, Jane Brandt of the home.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday at St. Luke United Methodist Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
Visitation: 7 to 0 p.m. Monday at Lanford-Pollard Funeral Home, Spartanburg.
The family is at the residence.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke United Methodist Church, 105 McKay Ave., Spartanburg, S.C. 29302, and to Croft Rescue 10, P.O. Box 2892, Spartanburg, S.C. 29304.
(Published in The Greenville News on January 17, 1993)
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