Funeral Services for LaJoy Ann (Deaton) Walker, 65, of Collinsville, Oklahoma (formerly longtime resident of Tishomingo), will be held on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church of Tishomingo with Pastor Jon Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Tishomingo Cemetery. Mrs. Walker passed away on Saturday, April 24th, at the St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

LaJoy Ann (Deaton) Walker was born in La Mesa, California on May 16, 1944. She joined her parents, Earl Lee Deaton and Rosa Lee (Duncan) Deaton in Heaven on April 24, 2010 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. LaJoy was a long-time resident of Tishomingo, working for many years as a beautician, local police dispatcher and eventually retiring from the Johnston County Sheriff’s Department. LaJoy married Dawson J. Walker in 1982 in Allen, Texas and they both committed to love and acceptance of a blended family. LaJoy touched many lives and was blessed with many friends.

Her survivors include, Dawson J. Walker, of the home in Collinsville, OK; a daughter, Holly Farmer of Madill; son, Jerry Sullivan & his wife Elizabeth of Tulsa, son, Marlon Sullivan of Collinsville, step-daughter, Patty Reid & her husband Glen of Willis, OK, step-son, Joe Walker & his wife Loretta of Durant, OK, step-daughter, and Becky Walker of Bakersfield, CA

LaJoy was very proud of her grandchildren, Chasi & Eddie Henry, Deana & Tony Davis, Joseph (Quaid) & Kayla Farmer, Katie Sullivan, Kalyn & Eric Groff, Dawson (Blake) Sullivan, Kelsey Sullivan and Collin Sullivan; great-grandchildren, Eric, Keeley, Harley, Gunnar and Jaxon.