Born: December 26, 1924 Died: December 10, 2022
Section E, Row 22, Lot 529
Cara Florine Walker was born December 26, 1924, in Malakoff, Texas to Willie Burns and Henrietta Floyd Walker. Florine married Benjamin H. Lafon on June 9, 1951, in Jay, Florida. She was a licensed minister in the Assemblies of God. Florine and Ben were missionaries to Honduras and Ecuador for 45 years. Florine passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri.
Florine was preceded in death by her siblings, Benny Walker, Willie Walker, Jr., Loyd “Bud” Walker, Charles Walker, Frances Chambers, Opal Lavoie, Celia Mae Walker, and Florence Carroll.
She was survived by her husband of 71 years, Ben H. Lafon, formerly of Cleburne; children, Rebecca Kirst and husband, Dan, Rachel Kilgallen and husband, Blair, and Robert Lafon and wife, Edie; grandchildren, Kristen Van Wyk, Brady Kilgallen, Kathleen Kirst, Laura Boddicker, Kara Lafon, Katie Brown, and Kelly Day; 4 great-grandchildren; sisters, Lois Sims and Rubietta Crossley.