{"id":14558,"date":"2026-02-25T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/?p=14558"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:08:04","slug":"walker-alvin-lynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/walker-alvin-lynn\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker, Alvin Lynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Alvin Lynn Walker, age 57, passed away on February 22, 2026. Born on November 12, 1968, Alvin was the son of the late Henry Grady Walker and Flossie Bell Williams Walker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Danny Walker and Marilyn Whitehead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Alvin could be best described by three words: soldier, welder, fabricator. He proudly served his country in the United States Army, retiring as a Master Sergeant after 30 years of faithful and dedicated service. He was a dual-status technician, supporting both his fellow soldiers and his nation with steadfast commitment. During his military career, he was deployed to Kuwait during Operation Enduring Freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Alvin&#8217;s skill and work ethic were evident in everything he did. When he was not serving or working, he could often be fabricating off-road vehicles and turning raw metal into something powerful and purposeful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Alvin leaves behind his children, Tyler Walker, Justin Walker, Malerie Walker, and John Henry Walker; his siblings, Isaac Walker, Mary Walker, and Tressie (Robert) Clifft; along with many extended family members and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Visitation honoring Alvin will be held on Monday, March 2, 2026, at McDonald Funeral Home &#8211; Lewis County from 11:00 AM &#8211; 4:00 PM. Burial services with funeral honors will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM. at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, TN, where Alvin will be laid to rest beside fellow veterans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to McDonald Funeral Home to help offset expenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">McDonald Funeral Home is honored to be serving the Walker family.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alvin Lynn Walker, age 57, passed away on February 22, 2026. Born on November 12, 1968, Alvin was the son of the late Henry Grady Walker and Flossie Bell Williams Walker. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Danny Walker and Marilyn Whitehead. Alvin could be best described by three words: soldier, welder, fabricator&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/walker-alvin-lynn\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[5511,233,232,8],"class_list":["post-14558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcdonaldfuneralhome","tag-clifft","tag-walker","tag-whitehead","tag-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}