Mr. Walter Kinchen Jr.

Passed 09/30/2022

Mr. Walter Kinchen Jr. 68 ,of Fort Myers FL entered into eternal rest on Friday September 30,2022.

Graveside Services for Mr. Walter Kinchen Jr. 68, of Fort Myers FL will be Saturday October 15, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Spring Creek Cemetery Elko, Georgia.

The union of the late Mr. Walter and Mrs. Lillie Mae Fitzgerald Kinchen was wonderfully blessed with the birth of a son, who was lovingly named Walter Kinchen, Jr. He was born on November 18, 1953. He became known to many as “Junior,” or by his trucker name, “Midnight Special.” He was educated and graduated from Unadilla High School.in Dooly County. He was a member of Jenkins Chapel Methodist Church Unadilla CME in Unadilla, but he also attended Spring Creek Missionary Baptist in Elko, Georgia. He was a dedicated truck driver for Unadilla Gin, Unadilla Wholesale, McKenzie’s Frozen Foods, Rain Tree, and Diversified Carriers (DCI). Later, he enjoyed doing lawn work, baking cakes, and flowering as recreation. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Lillie Mae Kinchen, his brothers, Ben and Charles Kinchen, and a special friend, Jackie Mallard. Those left to cherish his memories are: devoted daughters, Tonya Kinchen and Tara Kinchen-Law; wife, Christine Kinchen; aunts, Willene Kinchen, Pearlie Fitzgerald Morris, and Ida Fitzgerald-Harris; granddaughters, Senhya, Arleisha, Arkeydria, Sequalia, and Anniyah; great-grandchildren, whom he adored, Rhazyiah, Keelan, Rheam, Ryleigh, Kash, Kamari, Ryan, Kynnedi, Aliyah, and Nori; sisterin-law: Delores Kinchen; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and many sorrowing friends. Other children he helped reared are Crystal, Bobby, Ketena Corey, Rayetta,Renee, Charles, Michael, Roshunda,Nikki, Shay, Laquasha, and the late Barbara Ann.