Waunetta Jo Walling

Waunnetta Jo Keene Walling was born December 19th ,1934 in Galveston, Texas to parents Arthur Roy Keene of Ivanhoe, TX and Audrey Mae Morrison Keene of Lasmasco, TX.

Mr. Keene was an industrial arts teacher at Ball High school. In 1939 they moved to Sherman, TX where he continued to teach industrial arts. In 1953 Waunnetta graduated from Sherman High School where she was involved in many activities including the Bearcat marching band and was editor of the Athenian Yearbook. In 1956 she graduated from North Texas State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics degree. On June 30 th ,1956 Waunnetta married her high school sweetheart Roy Ted Walling. They moved to Grand Prairie, TX where she was employed as an engineer at Chance Vought aircraft and worked on the F-18 fighter project. In 1959 she was hired by Texas Instruments in Richardson, TX as the first female engineer and worked in the semi-conductor division. Roy and Waunnetta welcomed their son, Michael Lee on June 18th ,1962 and their daughter Sheryl Lynn on September 10th , 1963. In 1965 the family moved to Hurst, TX where she began teaching at Tarrant County College – NE campus as a mathematics professor. She retired in 1998 to Hunt County where they intensively grazed stocker cattle on their ranch. She continued to work the ranch after her beloved husband of 55 years passed on July 27th , 2011. Waunnetta passed away at her home on August 5th , 2023.

Waunnetta is survived by: son Mike Walling and daughter-in-law Wyvonne, daughter Sheryl Skinner and son-in-law Shane; grandchildren – Matthew Walling, Haley Kuczkowski, Jennifer Walling and M.J. Kuczkowski along with a host of family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the First Methodist Church of Leonard, TX
Scholarship Fund or the National Rifle Association.

Visitation and luncheon will be held at First Methodist Church of Leonard, TX at 11:00 am, with service
following at 12:00 noon with Reverend Joe Gist officiating. Burial will be at Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham, TX following the service.