Wayne graduated from Shawnee High School in 1923. He moved away from home and worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma, Texas and later, Venezuela, South America. After his return from Venezuela, he married Helen Schroeder on November 24, 1938.
He later went to Brazil to work for a U. S. Rubber development project for a short period of time. Upon his return from Brazil, he bought a 341 acre farm two miles out of Jourdanton, Texas. In 1945, he and Helen became the parents of an adopted daughter, Helen Sue Walton.
Wayne, at one time worked for the telephone company but had formed such an aversion for them that he never would have one installed while he was alive.
Wayne Newton Walton died on August 5, 1991 and is buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Jourdanton, Texas.
Wayne graduated from Shawnee High School in 1923. He moved away from home and worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma, Texas and later, Venezuela, South America. After his return from Venezuela, he married Helen Schroeder on November 24, 1938.
He later went to Brazil to work for a U. S. Rubber development project for a short period of time. Upon his return from Brazil, he bought a 341 acre farm two miles out of Jourdanton, Texas. In 1945, he and Helen became the parents of an adopted daughter, Helen Sue Walton.
Wayne, at one time worked for the telephone company but had formed such an aversion for them that he never would have one installed while he was alive.
Wayne Newton Walton died on August 5, 1991 and is buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Jourdanton, Texas.
Family Members
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James Noel Walton
1901–1902
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Emory Wilcox Walton
1902–1930
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Edgar Addison Walton
1905–1950
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Anna Esther Walton Taylor
1906–2004
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Lucy Jane Walton
1908–1908
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Mardie Leona Walton Le Master
1909–1996
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Thelma Emogene Walton Bender
1911–1964
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Ella Enoyse Walton Beavers
1913–2008
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Mary Edith Walton Wimberley
1917–2009
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