Services for James W. Walker, of Paris, Texas, are 2:30 p.m.today, Oct. 23, at Rosehill Cemetery.

Riverwood Family Funeral Services is in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Walker, 78, died Oct. 20, 2005, at Paris Nursing Home. Hewas born on Jan. 1, 1927, to Martin Walker and Carrie Walker.

He was a retired engineer for the A.M.F. bakery division andserved as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division of the Armyin World War II. He was a member of the Baptist faith.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Naosho Betts,and a sister, Jewel Walker.

Survivors are his daughters, Carrie Aydelott and her husband,Tracy, of Sumner, Bettie Patterson and her husband, Jim, of BrokenArrow, Okla., and Peggy Graham and her husband, Hal, of Tilton,N.H.; his brother, Robert Walker, of Mississippi; his sister,Ernestine Walker and her husband, Bookie, of Brookhaven; hisgrandchildren, Rhonda Diegel, Karla Diegel, Chris Cole and KellyGraham; and six great-grandchildren.