Walker Funeral Home

W.” Walker, 72, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Wheeling Hospital. He was born May 30, 1946 in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of the late Orville and Irene Roth Walker.  L.W. was an employee of Consolidation Coal Company, working at Rose Valley Mine and in the Silver Spade pit. He waas a lifetime member of the Hopedale Sportsmen’s Club; was an avid Bass fisherman and a Morel Mushroom hunter.He was a woodworker and built three houses.  He enjoyed growing flowers, especially Irises. He was a baptized Christian at the Hopedale Church of Christ.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Chuck, Lorne, and Rick Walker.Surviving are three children, Lanna (Tom) Thompson of Hopedale, Robert Todd (Kris) Walker of Hopedale, and Audra (Pete Porter) Sall of Cadiz; five grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and three brothers, Jim (Carolyn) Walker of New York, Alan Walker of Cadiz, and Bill Walker of Akron.Friends may call Thursday from 4 p.m. until time of services at 6 p.m. at Clark-Kirkland Funeral Home, Cadiz, Ohio. Dean Blythe will officiate.Online condolences may be made at www.clark-kirkland.com.

The McDonald cemetery has been on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Bolton Road for hundreds of years. Neighbors say they believe at least three families may have had burial plots there. Channel 2's Rikki Klaus was in southwest Atlanta, where city officials said someone used heavy equipment to move the headstones without permission.  Neighbors also starting noticing crews putting ribbons on the trees for removal.  Neighbors alerted the city, which has temporarily stopped work at the site to investigate. Now, there's a struggle between a local business owner and the city of Atlanta.  Mark Walker, who owns the MD Walker Funeral Home, owns the property where the cemetery is. Walker told Klaus off-camera that he wants to build a new funeral home there and he got a permit to start.  When complaints about the cemetery rolled in, the city investigated. They found the grave markers had already been moved. Walker claims he only cleaned up the property and didn't move the headstones. He said he spent thousands of dollars to clean up fallen trees, tires and trash.  Walker told Klaus he has since hired an archaeologist so he can move forward with building his new funeral home.  TRENDING STORIES: Neighbors and activists are still upset anyone would think it was ok to disturb the graveyard. Channel 2's Tom Jones talked to local activist Terrence Smith, who showed him video taken in early 201...