Tommie Lee Walker

March 4, 1939 - November 26, 2018

Tommie Lee Walker was born on March 4, 1939 in Mississippi, to the union of Willie and Beatrice Walker. As a young man, the family moved to the Chicagoland area where he received his formal education. His love of golf led him to seek employment with Idlewild Country Club in Flossmoor, Illinois as a grounds keeper. He was employed there over 40 years until he retired. Tommie was blessed to meet the love of his life, Elnora Walker, and they were blessed with three children, Lisa, Andre, and Brian. He loved his family and took great pride in being a loving husband and father. His passions were family, golf and fishing in that order. On November 26, 2018, after a long battle with heart disease, Tommie closed his eyes and rested from his labors. He was preceded in death by his parents Willie Walker and Beatrice Redfield-Walker; siblings Willie Walker, Charles Walker, Roosevelt Walker Sr., Nora Walker, Annie Young, and Hattie Walker; and two grandsons Devon Ward and Eric Young. Tommie Lee Walker leaves to cherish his memory loving wife Elnora; children: Tommie Jr. (Melinda) Walker, Sophronia Walker, Ruby L. Walker-Green, Lisa (Vester) Ward, Andre Harden, and Brian Harden; step child Angel (Craig) Young; siblings Vinnie (Louis) Williams and Rosie Walker; two sisters- in-law Kate and Irene; brother-in-law AD; and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends too numerous to mention.