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Irene McCandlas Walker

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Irene McCandlas Walker

Birth
Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
Death
3 May 1983 (aged 105)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Square 33, Lot 66, Grave 1
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Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C., Page 4C(39), Col. 5&6, Wednesday 4 May 1983 and Page 4C(44), Col. 4, Thursday 5 May 1983.

Miss Irene McCandlas Walker, 105, died Tuesday.

Born in Camden, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Bailey and Matilda Wilson Walker.

Miss Walker owned and operated a millinery shop in the Arcade building for many years, retiring at the age of 96. She was a widely recognized for talents and created original designs for the First Ladies of South Carilina.

She was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.

Surviving are nieces, Mrs. Laura Mae Cooper of Columbia, Mrs. Myrtle Paige of Dalzell, Mrs. Frances Johnson and Mrs. Irene Smith of Inverness, Fla.; and nephews, W. T. Walker of Columbia, Joe Walker of Alexandria, Va. and Cmdr. Richard O. Young of Pennsylvania.

Services for Miss Walker will be held at 2 p.m. today,(Thursday 5 May 1983) Elmwood Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. Kenneth Webb.

Published in The State Newspaper, Columbia, S.C., Page 4C(39), Col. 5&6, Wednesday 4 May 1983 and Page 4C(44), Col. 4, Thursday 5 May 1983.

Miss Irene McCandlas Walker, 105, died Tuesday.

Born in Camden, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Bailey and Matilda Wilson Walker.

Miss Walker owned and operated a millinery shop in the Arcade building for many years, retiring at the age of 96. She was a widely recognized for talents and created original designs for the First Ladies of South Carilina.

She was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.

Surviving are nieces, Mrs. Laura Mae Cooper of Columbia, Mrs. Myrtle Paige of Dalzell, Mrs. Frances Johnson and Mrs. Irene Smith of Inverness, Fla.; and nephews, W. T. Walker of Columbia, Joe Walker of Alexandria, Va. and Cmdr. Richard O. Young of Pennsylvania.

Services for Miss Walker will be held at 2 p.m. today,(Thursday 5 May 1983) Elmwood Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. Kenneth Webb.



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