Walter Hessler, Jr.

Dateline: McKenzie, TN Services for Walter Hessler, Jr., 74, will be held Friday, December 5, 2008 at 2:00 pm at McKenzie Funeral Home with Bro. Bob Conley officiating. Interment will follow at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, TN on Monday December 8, 2008 at 1:00 pm. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 4, 2008 from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm and Friday, December 5, 2008 from 12 noon until services time. Mr. Hessler, a retired US Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO), died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at Henry County Medical Center in Paris. He was born on May 13, 1934 in Denver, CO to Walter Hessler, Sr. and Myrtle Murray Lawson Hessler. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Christine Hessler who died in 2006. Survivors include a sister Emma Etta Sheffield and a niece Linda Bradfield both of Colorado. McKenzie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. For more information please call (731) 352-4848 or visit www.mckenziefuneralhome.com.