Funeral arrangements for Leo Walker

Published 1:23 pm Monday, August 18, 2014

Funeral arrangements for Leo Walker will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in White Springs at White Springs Congregational Holiness Church, according to Live Oak Police Chief Buddy Williams. The church is located at 16633 Suwannee St., White Springs. 

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Visitation is Friday, Aug. 22, from 6-8 p.m., also at the church.

Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in White Springs. Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home of Lake City is in charge of arrangements. 

Walker went missing from his East Duval Street home in Live Oak early Wednesday morning. His body was found Friday morning in a swampy area not far from his home. Preliminary autopsy results reveal Walker died from an accidental drowning and that no foul play has been indicated. Police believe Walker left his home by himself. He left his home once before, but was quickly found. 

Walker was an autistic, 9-year-old boy, who attended Greenwood School in Jasper.