1919
Mary
2013
Mary Walton
August 19, 1919 — April 7, 2013
OBITUARY
?He comforts me in all my trouble, so that I can comfort people who are in any trouble with the comfort with which I myself am comforted by God. For which I have a liberal share of Christ?s sufferings, through Christ I have a liberal share of comfort too?.So deadly was the peril from which he saved me, as he will save me again. You must help me by your prayers, so that many will give thanks to God on my behalf for the blessings granted me in answer to many prayers.?
Second Letter to the Corinthians
Mary Elinor Lacy Walton entered the world on August 19, 1919. Dallas was hot and her mother, Lavinia Augusta Lane Lacy and her father Foster Lacy were the proud parents of this baby girl who would grow to be a fighter for justice and a protector of all that she loved. She had only one sister, Dorothy who preceeded her death in 2012.
As she grew, she learned to tolerate the various people who came across her life, whether they were law breakers or law abiding citizens. Her grandmother, Mary Elizabeth, was the strong matriarch of the family, and her six brothers guided Mary Elinor?s values. Mary Elinor learned to sew, cook, draw, and because she grew up during the Great Depression, learned to make do with what she had. Mary loved dogs, so she, Dorothy and her little brother, John, had a dog named ?Noodie.? He accompanied them everywhere on the Central Track (Central Expressway) where they lived. She grew up in early New Hope Baptist Church and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1936.
A strong and proud young woman, Mary Elinor did not fear much. She found work during the Depression at Baylor Hospital. There she met a Caucasian nurse who nourished the of young Mary to become a nurse. She had to look after her younger sister Dorothy, which became her passion. Dorothy also was hired as kitchen help. Mary Elinor, with the help of her Chippewa-Irish grandfather in Minnesota, went to study Nursing at Brewster Hospital (Florida A&M) and subsequently Howard University, Washington, DC. In Florida, she met her husband, Linuard Nathaniel Walton, at a dance where he was playing basketball for Texas College. They saw each other a total of six times and married in Hugo, Oklahoma in 1944.
Her only living child was born in March 1, 1950. Her husband and she had chosen to travel to Fort Worth, Texas where there was a black owned hospital. After the birth, she learned that the doctor was also a mortician, leaving immediately to return to their home in Dallas.
Mary Walton and her husband received graduate degrees from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California (Southern Cal). As a result, they competed for success and both excelled in their respective careers. Mary Walton attended the University of North Texas in the first Doctoral Program for Nurses. She was a member of Sigma Theta Nursing Sorority, the Red Cross, Visiting Nurses Association, National Education Association, the Methodist Church, and a multitude of committees and organizations. Among her many awards were the ?100 Best Nurses in Texas,? and from the City of Dallas, ?World War II Recognition.?
Mary Elinor Walton has worked tirelessly for children and fellow nurses for their training and advancement. She retired as a District Nurse under Dallas Independent School District. Later she went into business as an independent Family Nurse Practitioner, director of Marilyn?s Playhouse Day Care, and was active as a Home Health nurse until her death.
She will truly be missed by the people who loved her, respected her and are her relatives and friends.
?He comforts me in all my trouble, so that I can comfort people who are in any trouble with the comfort with which I myself am comforted by God. For which I have a liberal share of Christ?s sufferings, through Christ I have a liberal share of comfort too?.So deadly was the peril from which he saved me, as he will save me again. You must help me by your prayers, so that many will give thanks to God on my behalf for the blessings granted me in answer to many prayers.?
Second Letter to the Corinthians
Mary Elinor Lacy Walton entered the world on August 19, 1919. Dallas was hot and her mother, Lavinia Augusta Lane Lacy and her father Foster Lacy were the proud parents of this baby girl who would grow to be a fighter for justice and a protector of all that she loved. She had only one sister, Dorothy who preceeded her death in 2012.
As she grew, she learned to tolerate the various people who came across her life, whether they were law breakers or law abiding citizens. Her grandmother, Mary Elizabeth, was the strong matriarch of the family, and her six brothers guided Mary Elinor?s values. Mary Elinor learned to sew, cook, draw, and because she grew up during the Great Depression, learned to make do with what she had. Mary loved dogs, so she, Dorothy and her little brother, John, had a dog named ?Noodie.? He accompanied them everywhere on the Central Track (Central Expressway) where they lived. She grew up in early New Hope Baptist Church and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1936.
A strong and proud young woman, Mary Elinor did not fear much. She found work during the Depression at Baylor Hospital. There she met a Caucasian nurse who nourished the of young Mary to become a nurse. She had to look after her younger sister Dorothy, which became her passion. Dorothy also was hired as kitchen help. Mary Elinor, with the help of her Chippewa-Irish grandfather in Minnesota, went to study Nursing at Brewster Hospital (Florida A&M) and subsequently Howard University, Washington, DC. In Florida, she met her husband, Linuard Nathaniel Walton, at a dance where he was playing basketball for Texas College. They saw each other a total of six times and married in Hugo, Oklahoma in 1944.
Her only living child was born in March 1, 1950. Her husband and she had chosen to travel to Fort Worth, Texas where there was a black owned hospital. After the birth, she learned that the doctor was also a mortician, leaving immediately to return to their home in Dallas.
Mary Walton and her husband received graduate degrees from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California (Southern Cal). As a result, they competed for success and both excelled in their respective careers. Mary Walton attended the University of North Texas in the first Doctoral Program for Nurses. She was a member of Sigma Theta Nursing Sorority, the Red Cross, Visiting Nurses Association, National Education Association, the Methodist Church, and a multitude of committees and organizations. Among her many awards were the ?100 Best Nurses in Texas,? and from the City of Dallas, ?World War II Recognition.?
Mary Elinor Walton has worked tirelessly for children and fellow nurses for their training and advancement. She retired as a District Nurse under Dallas Independent School District. Later she went into business as an independent Family Nurse Practitioner, director of Marilyn?s Playhouse Day Care, and was active as a Home Health nurse until her death.
She will truly be missed by the people who loved her, respected her and are her relatives and friends.
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