Maxie Charles Walton

b. 5 April 1922, d. 22 December 1997
  • Maxie Charles Walton was born on 5 April 1922 in Oktaha, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
  • Maxie C. Baldtrip and Sarah Sampson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Darling Township, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Other members of the household included Maxie Charles Walton. Also in the household were three of Sarah's Goodridge children from an earlier marriage, and hired hand Jim Perkins. Grandson Maxie Walton also is enumerated with his mother in Washington County.
  • Rollie L. Walton and Eula E. Baldtrip appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Jefferson, Washington County, Oklahoma. Other members of the household included Maxie Charles Walton, Theodore T. Walton and Juanita D. Walton. Son Maxie also is enumerated with his grandparents in Muskogee County.
  • Maxie C. Baldtrip and Edna Reed appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Darling Township, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Other members of the household included Maxie Charles Walton. Also in the household was niece Bernice Reed (age 1).
  • Maxie Charles Walton appeared in the 1956 Bartlesville, Oklahoma, City Directory at 701 South Santa Fe Avenue listed with his wife Reese, employed as a machine operator by Portland Cement in Dewey..
  • Maxie Charles Walton appeared in the 1957 Bartlesville, Oklahoma, City Directory at 701 SW Santa Fe Avenue.
  • Maxie Charles Walton appeared in the 1959 Bartlesville, Oklahoma, City Directory at 715-1/2 SW Virginia Avenue listed with his wife Ricee, employed as a painter..
  • The following appeared on 26 February 1974 in the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Mrs. Eula E. Walton, 72, Dewey, died at 1:10 p.m. Saturday in the Memorial Building of The Jane Phillips Hospital following a short illness.
         She was born Sept. 9, 1901 at Ripley, and lived in Dewey for 45 years. Mrs. Walton was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dewey. She and Rollie Walton were married Dec. 24, 1919 in Alsuma in Tulsa County.
         Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Westside First Baptist Church in Dewey with Rev. B. F. Colbert officiating. Interment will be in The Dewey Cemetery.
         She is survived by her husband, Rollie L. Walton of Dewey, her stepmother, Mrs. Edna Baldtrip of Muskogee, two sons, Maxie Walton of Bartlesville and Theodore Walton of Dewey, two sisters, Mrs. Bula Reynolds of Tulsa and Mrs. Maxey Barnes of Houston, Texas, one brother, Roy Baldtrip of Los Angeles, Calif., six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
         Services and interment will be under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home.
  • The following appeared on 28 November 1980 in the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Rollie L. Walton, 86, 421 N.W. Raleigh, Dewey, died Tuesday afternoon at his home.
         Mr. Walton was born on Aug. 4 [sic] at Seguin, Texas, to Aaron and Priscilla Redrick Walton. Mr. Walton had lived at Coweta, where he was a member of the Methodist Church at Coweta, Jackson Grove Community, and later he lived at Oktaha, Okla., where he was baptized in the Baptist Church.
         He lived for a time in Mildred, Kan., where he was employed by the Portland Cement Plant. Mr. Walton and his family moved to Dewey in July 1929 and he retired from the cement plant in 1961. Following his retirement he was employed by the Forrest Manor Nursing Home for about two years. He was currently a member of the Westside First Baptist Church in Dewey. Mr. Walton was married to Miss Eula Baldtrip on Dec. 24, 1919. She and a daughter, Juanita, preceded him in death.
         Mr. Walton is survived by two sons, Theodore Walton, of Dewey; and Maxie Walton, of Bartlesville; one sister, Mrs. Ella Mae Carter, of San Diego, Calif; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
         Funeral services for Mr. Walton will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Westside Baptist Church in Dewey with Rev. Ben Colbert officiating. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home.
  • Maxie Charles Walton died on 22 December 1997 at age 75 in Bartlesville, Osage County, Oklahoma, at Jane Phillips Medical Center.
  • He was interred at Dewey Cemetery, Dewey, Washington County, Oklahoma.
  • The following appeared on 24 December 1997 in the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Maxie Charles Walton, 75, of Bartlesville, died 11:50 p.m. Monday at the Jane Phillips Medical Center.
         Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in the Greater First Baptist Church with Dr. Timothy Jackson, pastor of the church officiating, and assisted by the Rev. Willie Chambers and the Rev. Walter Pettiford. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home.
         A memorial has been established and those who wish to make a contribution in memory of Mr. Walton may do so to the Cancer Society c/o Lee Warzel, P.O. Box 1094, Bartlesville, OK 74005.
         Mr. Walton was born April 5, 1922 at Oktaha and graduated from Douglas High School in 1948. He entered the U.S. Army on Nov. 10, 1942 and was honorably discharged on Dec. 11, 1945. Mr. Walton married Reecie Brown April 5, 1968 at Bartlesville and was employed by the Bartlesville Schools for several years as a bus driver. He also worked for the Dewey Portland Cement Plant for two years before going to work for Phillips Petroleum Co. where he worked for more than 30 years in the building services department. He retired in 1985. Mr. Walton was a member of the Greater First Baptist Church in Bartlesville.
         Survivors include his wife, Reecie, of the family home; a son, Robert Wayne, of Bartlesville; a daughter, Linda E. Brown, also of Bartlesville; 10 grandchildren, Karen Annette Birmingham of Tulsa, Angela Lynn Brown and Marva Marie Brown, both of Bartlesville, Roy Franklin Brown, Jr. of Los Angeles, Calif., Marcus Walton and Andrea Walton both of Bartlesville, Robert Wayne Walton, Jr. and Tamika Walton, both of Texas, Carman Walton of Pensacola, Fla., and Edward L. Newton III of Memphis, Tenn; a host of great-grandchildren; two nephews, Anthony Maurice Jacison and Gregory Eugene Jackson, both of Seattle, Wash; and a host of cousins.
         Mr. Walton was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Theodore Walton; a sister, Juanita Jackson, and a stepdaughter, Helen Joan Newton.
  • Last Edited: 24 Sep 2013