St. John's Cemetery Individual Record

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Walden Johnson Speed
( , 1883 -- , 1960)

Section: 37
Space: 4
Lot: 21
Parents: Robert C & Martha E. Speed
Spouse: single
Place of Birth: Madisonville, Kentucky
Occupation: Business

His stone reads ‘son of R.C. & Martha E. Speed’.  From Fisher-Pou’s obituary: “Walden J. Speed, 77, of Jacksonville, died Monday in Jacksonville…native of Kentucky…most of his life in Pensacola before moving to Jacksonville 18 years ago….father of the late E.W. Speed…survivors: sister Mrs. B.F. Whittle Sr., brother J.O. Speed, and nieces and nephews.”  From their records, Walden was the son of Robert Coleman Speed and his wife Martha E. Walden, he was single, and a bookkeeper.  He is buried in the Speed plot.