Tuesday, July 8, 2008 11:17 pm

LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Mr. Irby “Buddy” Walker, 72, who died Monday, July 7, 2008, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, at Nelson Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Emma Solomon officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving: sisters, Hazel Bullock of Baltimore, Md., Sallie Simmons of Newport News, Va., and Augusta Coffield of Louisburg.

Open visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.