Anderson Walker's Obituary
Mr. Anderson Â"NootsieÂ" Walker Jr., husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, departed this life on September 6, 2005, exactly four months and sixteen days after the departure of his beloved wife Willie Mae.Our father was born in Colfax, LA, April 14, 1922 to Kindley and Anderson Walker. He spent his adolescent years in Clarks, LA, where on January 9, 1946, he was united in Marriage with Willie Mae Rosenthal. He began a career of professional boxing in the area, and eventually migrated to the New Orleans area, where he played semiprofessional football. He then entered the military and served in the medical corps for two years during World War II. After the war he returned to Louisiana, and then moved to the San Francisco area, where he and his new wife began their family. He pursued a professional boxing career and had a few Â"bigÂ" fights; he fought Joe Louis twice and quite a few other contenders as well. He was the Champion of California, and when he was asked what the only mistake in his professional career was, he said, Â"I didnÂ't fight on the East Coast!Â" Our father worked and retired as a Longshoreman, and anybody who knew him knew that, first and foremost, he was a fair man.He leaves to cherish his memory two daughters, Quincy Walker and Belinda Hunter (Lynn); three sons, Bruce, Donell, and Ben (Gabriel); nineteen grandchildren, Jacques, Bruce T. (Sonia), Yvette, Sharon, Toi (Mark), Crystal (Dedrick), Adrian, Jamal, Lamar, T.J., Mookie (Savanah), LaTraÂ', Dominique, Allyson, Tiffany, Brittany, Jazzy, Mya, and Cece; and twenty-three great-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his loving wife Willie Mae; his mother Kindley; father Anderson; two sisters, Annie Dell Crowley and Moease Curry; brother Jewel Walker; two nephews, Paul Nelson Jr. and Clinton Curry; and one niece, Demetrius (Baby) Crowley.He also leaves one sister, Ora Lee Nelson, and two special friends, who gave their time unconditionally during both his and his wifeÂ's last years: Little Willie and Pat McMurtry.
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