Funeral services for Lt. Frank B. Walkup IV are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 4.
Services will be held at the Woodbury Church of Christ at 10 a.m., Wed., July 4th with Bro. Shane Peyton officiating. Full Military honors will follow in the Riverside Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 1-4 p.m. and from 6-8 p.m. Tues., July 3 at Woodbury Funeral Home. For those wishing to do so, donations may be made to the Woodbury Funeral Home for the family to donate to the Cannon Co. High School Athletic Assoc.
Walkup, a Riverdale High graduate, died in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Sat., June 16 from injuries sustained in Rashaad, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Div., Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He is survived by his wife, Sabita Maharaj Walkup; Parents, Frank & Mitzi Walkup of Woodbury and Melissa Oaks of Memphis; 9 Siblings, Franz, Mitch, Kevin, Nina, Andy, Emily, Jake, Josh & Taylor; Grandparents, Frank & Joyce Walkup, Faye Burdine, Claude & Audrey Barron, Glenda Knight & Bobby White; Great grandparents, Frank B. & Kathleen Mitchell and Ruth Walkup.
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