Lloyd Lavern Walker

Lloyd Lavern Walker was born in Batesville, Arkansas on Monday, April 14, 1947 to parents, Leslie and Lois (Lackey) Walker. He passed from this life to the next at his home in Broken Arrow on Monday, December 15, 2025. He was 78 years of age. Lloyd grew up in rural northeast Arkansas in the unincorporated community of Jessup and graduated from Strawberry High School in 1965. He enjoyed and excelled in what he called “round ball” sports. He played baseball and basketball through high school, learned to golf in college, and eventually took up tennis and bowling. He was an avid golfer and when he couldn’t get out on the course, he was in the garage practicing his swing or in the house putting. Lloyd continued his education at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 1969. He also attended Emory University in Atlanta Georgia. After graduation, Lloyd worked for Banquet Foods for a short time before moving to Tulsa for a job with Williams Brothers. He then accepted a position with Seiscor Technologies as a sales engineer of analytical instruments. In 1994, the company was purchased by Kayeness Equipment in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. He and Judy moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania where they lived for five years. Lloyd continued with Kayeness/Dynisco as vice-president of on-line instruments until returning to Tulsa in 1999 as a sales rep. After several years as a sales rep, he started his own company, JNL Equipment, and was self-employed for several years before retiring at age 70. In 1986 a mutual friend introduced Lloyd to Judy Ridley. They had their first date in December of that year, and after a five-year courtship married on December 31, 1991. Lloyd and Judy were married for almost 34 years. Lloyd was tenderhearted, quick witted and had an “ornery” sense of humor. He loved his kids, Jennifer and Scott, coaching various little league sports as a way to spend more time with them. He was also very influential in the life of his step son Brandon. Lloyd is survived by wife Judy Walker of Broken Arrow, children L. Scott Walker and wife Amy of Clearwater Florida, Jennifer Sells of Highlands Ranch, Colorado and Brandon Ridley and wife Stacie of Broken Arrow, OK. He was Grandpa Lloyd to Carissa Marios and husband Alex of Tulsa, Bailey and Torrey Sells of Colorado and Garron and Derek Martin of Bixby, and Great Grandpa Lloyd to Augustus, Ridley and Bailin. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leslie and Lois Walker and granddaughter Alexandria.

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Lloyd Lavern Walker

April 14, 1947 - December 15, 2025