Walter “Gene” Zachary 1938 - 2003
Son of Walter Sid Zachary
Walter "Gene" "Pepa" Zachary, 65,
Anderson, died July 29, 2003, at Community Hospital after a brief illness. He was born July 17, 1938, in Jamestown,
Tenn., and lived in Anderson for most of his life. He retired from Ford Motor
Co. in Indianapolis after working there for 11 years. He raced at Anderson Speedway for many years
and loved to fish.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley (Smith) Zachary; mother,
Mary Zachary; daughters, Ruth Zachary, Peggy Sue (husband, Wayne) Ledbetter and
Shirlene Zachary (fiancé, Thomas Richardson); son, Kenny (wife, Misty) Zachary;
sisters, Peggy (husband, Les) McCord, Karen Jones, and Sharon (husband, Neal)
Allmond; brothers, Jack (wife, Ina) Zachary, Scott (wife, Carol) Zachary and
Don Zachary; grandchildren, Mandra Zachary, Misty (husband, Freddie) Boggess,
Stormy Zachary, Gary Buntin, Donald (wife, Ashley) Buntin, Ronnie Jarvis, Tyler
Rector and Anthony Zachary; great-granddaughter, Kathy Boggess and a great
grandson on the way; also several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Also surviving is special friend, Betty
Willis. He was preceded in death by his
father, Walter S. "Pappy" Zachary, in 1985; grandparents, John C.
Slaven and Octie Lena Downs; sister-in-law, Rita (Scott) Zachary; and
son-in-law, Charlie E. Buntin.
Services were at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Robert D. Loose Funeral
Homes & Crematory, South Chapel, with the Rev. Joe Huff officiating. Burial
was in East Maplewood Cemetery.
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