Leroy Walters

Leroy Walters, 64, of Bynum died Monday, September 22, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Leroy was born January 11, 1944 in Bynum, Texas the son of Lee and Jessie Lucille Roden Walters. In 1962 he graduated from Bynum High School and received an Associate of Arts from Hill College in 1964. Following his graduation from Hill College, he joined the family farming operation and continued to operate Walters Farms for 44 years. On August 21, 1964 he married Janet Sparks in Bynum. The Walters Family was designated as Hill County Farm Family of the Year by the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce in 1991. Walters Farms was recognized as a member of the Texas Family Land Heritage Association in 2001 as a family farm that has had a century of continuous ownership and operation as a family agricultural enterprise. In 2003, The Hill County Genealogical Society recognized Leroy as a descendent of James Mather Walters, one of the earliest Hill County settlers. Leroy supported the Bynum community and Hill County by serving as a school board member of Bynum ISD, song leader of First Baptist Church in Bynum for over five years, where he was also a member, president of Bell Springs Cemetery Association, and also served several terms as a member of the Malone Cooperative board of directors. He was elected to the Farm Services Agency county committee. Preceding him in death were his parents. Survivors include his wife, Janet Walters of Bynum; two sons, Aaron Walters and wife, Debra, and Eric Walters and wife, Ruth, all of Bynum; sister, SeLayna Campbell and husband, M. H., of Waco; three grandchildren, Laura Walters, Tristen Walters, and Jacie Loewe. Memorials may be made to the Bells Springs Cemetery Association, 1515 HCR 3150 N., Bynum, TX 76631.