Mary Ann Elisa Walker

Mary Ann Elisa (Marie, Granny) Ejem Walker, 88 of Stamford, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 11, 2017, on her 71st wedding anniversary.
Marie was born on July 18, 1928, in Irby Texas, in Haskell county, to Joseph Frank Ejem and Mathilda Henrietta Moeller Ejem. She spent her childhood in Irby and Weinert, Texas.
Marie gave her life to Jesus at the age of 14 in the Weinert Foursquare Church.
Marie met the love of her life, James Weldon Walker, Sr. while he was trying to impress her by spinning the car he was driving around the Weinert flagpole in front of the café Marie was working in. She thought Weldon was a smart aleck. Weldon sashayed into the café and asked who makes the best hamburger? Marie told him she could, so she did.
James (Weldon) and Mary Ann (Marie) married on March 11, 1946 at the Weinert Church of Christ parsonage.
She was a homemaker and over the years worked as a telephone operator in Weinert, Texas, several cafes, cafeterias, sewing factories and ended her career working at Stamford Memorial Hospital at age 60. She was a seamstress for the public at her leisure.
Granny was a mighty prayer warrior, loving mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and was a true friend to all. Granny never knew a stranger.
Marie is preceded in death by her husband, James Weldon, her parents, 2 brothers, 2 sisters and 1 son.
She is survived by 4 children; Carolyn Morgan and friend Larry Gilliam of Stamford, TX, Billy Walker and wife Ruth of San Angelo, TX, Paula Wells of San Angelo, TX, Kim and John Moore of Greenwood, TX; 14 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren and 8 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral Services for Marie will be Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel (807 S. Columbia) with Pastor Paul Wright officiating. Burial will follow in Rochester Cemetery in Rochester, TX under the direction of Tankersley Funeral Home.