Berwyn and former Robinsville, N.C., resident Billy R. Walker, 73, died Dec. 31, 2007, in Berwyn.

Services were held Jan. 5 in Kopicki’s Heritage Funeral Home, Berwyn, followed by interment in Elmlawn Cemetery, Elmhurst.

Mr. Walker was a millwright at Kropp Forge before retiring. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1955.

Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Bonnie E.; his stepdaughter, Glenda K. Bagrowski; and his siblings, Icey Derreberry, Elmer (Ann), Loretta (Eulis) Lowe, Lavinia (Earl) Saylor, Larry (Lela), Joyce (Mickey) Penland, Helen Jones and Ellen Smith.