Charles “Ed” Walburn passed away on March 2, 2012, in Wichita Falls, Texas. A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Monday, March 5, 2012, at the First Baptist Church of Lakeside City, with Pastor Tommy Bragg officiating.
Burial will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 23, at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire, Ohio, under the direction of the American Legion, Post 128, of Middleport Ohio.
Ed was born on March 20, 1929, in Middleport, Ohio, where he lived and attended school, after which he worked as a bookkeeper for a chemical company until he enlisted in the Air Force in August 1948. During his very enjoyable career in military service, he spent the first 10 years in the USAF Security Service then retired honorably after a total of 24 years in the USAF. Throughout his military career he attended and successfully completed several military courses and received several medals and ribbons for meritorious service. After retiring in July 1972, he owned and operated Ed’s Exxon service station for 13 years. Next, he worked five years in civil service at Sheppard Air Force Base. Then, because of his love for cars and mechanical work, he went to work in management with Autozone in Wichita Falls, Texas, retiring again in December 1995.
After his second tour in Germany, he came to Wichita Falls, Texas, where he later met the love of his life, Mollie Griffith. They were married after a two-and-a-half-year courtship to spend the next 42 years in a wonderful marriage in the Wichita Falls area. This marriage was blessed with stepson, Michael Griffith and his wife, Debbie; adopted son, Buddy; eight grandkids; and twelve great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two sisters, Marcella Phillips of Phoenix, AZ, and Charlene Thomas of Middleport, Ohio, and their children.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Wichita Falls, 4909 Johnson Road, Wichita Falls, Texas, 76310.
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