Robert Edmond Walton

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Robert (aka, Bobby, Bob, Walt and most commonly, Popo) was born in 1941 to Edmund and Hattie Mae Walton.  He was the 1st son and grandson of the founders of St. Marks Missionary Baptist church where he was a junior deacon and a baritone in the church choir.  He also was an avid swimmer and athlete.  In 7th grade, he started “going together” with his eventual wife of 62 years, Eula May Williams-Walton.  After attending Clark University on the pre-med track, he joined the United States Air Force.  Although he was trained and had been stationed at multiple locations, most notably was Clark AFB and Lackland AFB (Wilford Hall Hospital) where he received multiple commendations for his clinical medicine work in pathology, serology, and chemistry.  During his service in the Air Force, he also worked at Santa Rosa and Methodist Hospitals in San Antonio.  After 20 well-served years with the military, Robert worked for a short period at Southwest Research in Chemistry performing laboratory or “bench” science, and continued to work at Methodist where he signed off on the previous 20+ years with a heck of a retirement party. 

Robert absolutely loved sports including football teams such as the Baltimore Colts (the real Colts), Washington Commanders, and anyone but the Dallas Cowboys. College football teams such as Florida, and 'Bama were also a favorite, and THE San Antonio Spurs and Silver Spurs. But really, he enjoyed any good players of any team or game. He spent many days enjoying watching boxing, NASCAR (which he watched for the crashes) and track and field, including college teams and the Olympics.  His memory of sports was imperial, especially when reliving the Colts, the old ABA, Ali & Frazier, or ‘the shot heard round the world’ in 1976, or the Memorial Day Miracle [1999].  He was also a huge fan of soul and R&B with a significant collection of vinyl from the 50’s-90's and not to mention he still had his reel-to-reel and 8-tracks of Earth, Wind, and Fire. And, even in the last few weeks before his death, Robert could hit quite the note, reminiscent of his youth. 

Popo was a man who valued justice, democracy, public service, education, science, and family values. While going through his last trials and tribulations, in the last month he confirmed that the most important thing to him was his family.  Our gentle giant was proud of his family and was consistently overjoyed by the accomplishments of his kids and grandkids.  Robert leaves behind his wife, Eula; children, Taryn ‘Teri’, Raoul ‘Erik or Flip’ and Julie, and Tamara 'Tam' Walton.  Also, his brother and sister-in-law, Ronald and Shirley, sisters-in-law, Betty Ann (Singleton), and Shirley and Arthur (deceased) Manigault.  He is preceded in death by his brother and sister-in law, Marvin and Maggie Lee Jenkins, sister and brother-in-law, Rose Evelyn and Freddie White, brothers-in-law, Harry Williams (New York) and Harry Williams (Philippines), brother and sister-in-law, Roger and Remedios Walton, and brother, Willie 'Billy' Walton. 

He was blessed with a bounty of grandchildren, RiShard, Robin Bruce, Ryan, Elexandria, Travis, Isaac (Saenz), Reece, Avery, Robert (deceased), Karmen (Saenz), Raveen and great-grandson Andrei (Saenz), Kaetlyn, and Elijah Walton.  And leaves behind nieces and nephews, Marvin C. and Wynell Jenkins, Tracy Jenkins-Parker and Arthur Parker, Wanda and Sandy Gathers, Sandra and Harvey Middelton, Pamela and Darryl Smith, Chris and Marlena Singleton, Calvin and Jean (deceased) Singleton, Michelle Walton, Rausaline and Troy Grisby, Ronald Walton (deceased), Dennis Walton, Wendell and Pam (Singleton), Rashael, Rashaad and Mika Walton, Devin and Stephanie Adams, Raven Walton and Crystal Dunsford. He also leaves a number of great-nieces and nephews, and first, second and third cousins, many great friends and pinochle partners.  

The family wishes to thank you for your love and support now and in the future.  The family wishes that you will consider donating your time or funds for American Diabetes Association or Kidney Foundation or any reputable Vietnam veterans foundation. 

Services will be performed by Rev. Harris

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church (https://macedoniatx.com/)

111 Hobert St., San Antonio 78237

210-433-5636