M. Kirk Walters' Obituary
M. Kirk Walters, 83, of Collierville, TN, passed away on June 3, 2024. He was a wise, kind, gentle, and generous husband, father, brother, grandfather, colleague, and friend.
Mr. Walters was born September 16, 1940, in Dunlap, Cottle County, Texas, and remained a proud Texan his whole life. He was the son of Logan Byler Walters and Fleta Alene Kirkland Walters. Valedictorian in the Crowell High School class of 1959, Kirk then graduated from West Texas State College in 1963, where he was president of the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity. Almost immediately after graduation, he married Linda Gail Sargent at Hill Chapel on the WT campus, and they began a beautiful 58-year marriage that ended only with her death in 2021.
The Walters adopted two children: Jeffrey in 1968 and Melanie Denise in 1970. After ten years with Peat-Marwick in Amarillo, Texas, he left to join Union Planters National Bank in Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked for thirty-two years and six months, ultimately as Senior Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Accounting Officer. Kirk was a member of both the Texas and Tennessee Societies of CPAs, and the American Institute of CPAs. He served on the Board of Regents of the Mid-South School of Banking, including a year as chairman. He was a regular donor to and chairman of LifeBlood Memphis and President of the Memphis Health Council. Walters also served in many civic roles, including various committees for the City of Germantown. He also loved his decades-long membership in Emmanuel United Methodist Church.
Mr. Walters is survived by his son, Jeff (Melanie Lynn) Walters of Rueil-Malmaison, France; brother, Butch (Brenda) Walters of Albuquerque, New Mexico; grandchildren, Rachel Caroline Walters of Cincinnati, Ohio, Chance Logan Walters, also a devoted caregiver, of Collierville, Jeffrey Walters, Jr.(Jane), of Washington, DC, and Daniel Sargent Walters, of Starkville, Mississippi.
He was preceded in death by parents, his wife, Linda Gail Walters, their daughter, Melanie Denise Walters, and his sisters, Audie Louise Thompson and Logan Elizabeth James Hopper.
The family will receive relatives and friends on Wednesday, June 12 at 1:00 p.m. with a funeral service to follow at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
To view the services online please click on the link below
https://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/101676/hash:D772E9384A454C77
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you consider donations to
Opportunity Plan, Inc.
P.O. Box 1035
Canyon, TX, 79015
www.opportunityplan.com/donate/
Or
Emmanuel United Methodist Church
2404 Kirby RD
Memphis, TN, 38119
www.emmanuelmemphis.org
Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave, Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38119. (901) 767-8930.
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