Mr. Donald Wesley Walker

Mr. Donald Wesley Walker, age 87 of Roswell, Georgia, passed away on March 11, 2016. Don was a graduate of Georgia State University, obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1960. He was born in Bremen, Georgia and worked in his father’s grocery store in his youth, in addition to the Frosty Haven store and delivering newspapers. Don married Jean Styles in Waco, GA in 1947, moving to Atlanta in 1950. Their daughter Gayle was born in 1949 in Bremen and their son Jeff was born in 1958 in Atlanta. During the 1950’s Don managed the Cobb Theater in Marietta, worked the counter at the Varsity, loaded trucks at the Roadway Trucking Company, drove a Brinks truck, and was an Atlanta Police Officer. In 1955 Don began working as a bookkeeper at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Shortly after he earned his degree, he began work as an auditor at the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) based at the Lockheed assembly plant in Marietta, where he retired in 1985. Don’s work with the DCAA was recognized as saving taxpayers over $50 million. Simultaneous with his career with the federal government, Don began a second career operating grocery stores. Beginning in the early 1960’s, Don and brother-in-law Floyd Snipes owned the Kwick Kurb grocery store in DeKalb County. In 1970 he operated Johnson Ferry Foods in East Cobb County, then in the 1980’s developed the Silos Corner shopping center in the Crabapple neighborhood in Roswell and operated the Exxon store there for several years. The family would like to thank the many loyal employees and customers of these businesses over the past 55 years. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Northside Chapel, 12050 Crabapple Road, Roswell. Interment will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell. The Walker family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the chapel. Don is survived by his son, Jeff Walker and his wife, Leigh, of Atlanta and their children, Karson Leitch Beaty, Kirk Leitch, his wife Lindsey, great grandchild Harper Leitch and numerous nieces, nephews and their children. His wife, Jean Styles Walker and his daughter, Donna Gayle Walker, preceded Don in death, in addition to his parents, William (Bill) and Thelma Walker of Bremen.

Mr. Donald Wesley Walker

September 4, 1928 - March 11, 2016