Ides Martin Walden was born November 17 1898 in Cecil, Franklin , Arkansas. He died June 6 1954 in Spur, Texas, burial at Spur cemetery.Ides was one of six children born to William Frank Walden and Emily Jane Weir. He grew up in and around Dallas and Collin county.
His paternal grand parents were George Thomas Walden and wife Mollie Rogers. Maternal grandparents were John Thomas Weir and wife Nancy Ellen Crane; both sets of grandparents lived in Arkansas.
Ides was first married to Lillis Velma Hill in Josephine, Texas and had three children Opal Marie Walden Rigdon , Marshall Ray Walden , Jonell Walden Zeman. Six grandchildren.
Grace Reagan Walden was Ides Martin Walden’s second wife and was married in 1941 in Dallas. No children of this marriage.
Submitted by Connie Taylor [cwtaylor1 at msn.com]
Graveside services for Grace Walden, 94, of Dickens, were Wednesday, February 11, 1998. Rev. C.L. Atkinson of Afton officiated. Burial was under the direction of Campbell Funeral Home in Spur.She died Monday, February 9, at the Crosbyton Care Center.
She was born September 7, 1903 in San Augustine County, Texas. She married Thomas E. Reagan in 1920 in Cottle County, Texas. He preceded her in death in 1938. She married I.M. Walden in 1941 in Dallas and he preceded her in death in 1954. She also had a son, Robert Reagan precede her in death in 1982. She lived in Dickens County since 1937, where she owned and operated several cafes in Dickens, Texas. She was a Baptist.
Survivors include one daughter, Irene Blasingame, Afton; one step-mother, Barbara Galloway, Louisiana; one step sister and four half sisters all of Louisiana; three grand children; six great grandchildren and several great, great grandchildren.
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