Isom "Ike" Clements Walker, Jr. M.D.

Isom "Ike" Clements Walker, Jr., M.D., 80, a former resident of Gallipolis, passed away Tuesday, May 16 at home with family in Gahanna. Dr. Walker was born in Whigham, Georgia, December 11, 1925. He completed undergraduate studies Phi Beta Kappa at Duke University, Class of 1946. He received his medical degree from Duke in 1948. He completed his internship at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia followed by two years residency training in internal medicine and a one year cardiology fellowship at the University of Cincinnati. During this time, he was commissioned at the Pentagon and served in the Korean War as a captain in the United States Air Force at Hill Field near Ogden, Utah. He was an internist at Holzer Clinic for over 40 years, retiring at age 72.

In addition to his parents, Reverend Isom C. and Rachel Elizabeth (Poole)Walker, Sr., he was preceded in death by his brother, William Freeman Walker, M.D.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Sarah Rena (Tippins) Walker and sons: Mark, Steven, and Paul Walker and daughter, Nancy Forman. Additionally, he is survived by eleven grandchildren and his two sisters, Mrs. W.M. (Ellen) Johnson and Mrs. J.T. (Betty) Brooks.

Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, May 20 at Grace United Methodist Church, 600 Second Avenue, Gallipolis with Reverend Doug Stockton and Reverend Hughey L. Jones officiating. The family will receive friends at Grace United Methodist Church from noon to 2:00 PM on Saturday.

All arrangements are under the direction of McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, 420 First Ave., Gallipolis, Ohio.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to:
Mount Carmel Hospice
1144 Dublin Road
Columbus, Ohio 43215