Walter Knox Efird ^{3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: GW11-3Q9.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: The Randolph Guide: obituary of Walter Knox Efird on 10 Dec 2009 in Asheboro, Randolph, NC. ⁶ ASHEBORO \endash Walter Knox Efird, 78, of 752 Britt Ave., died Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, at Randolph Hospital.
The funeral was held Dec. 7 at Ridge Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Kraft officiating. Burial with military honors was at Oaklawn Cemetery.
He was a Guilford County native, Korean War Army veteran, retired from Carolina Container and member of St. John's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are his wife, Carol H. Efird of the home; daughters, Candice Weiss of Pinehurst, Nancy Griffin of Kernersville, Monika Efird-Beeker of Carolina Beach and Beth Poage of Trinity; son, Bradley Cox of Asheboro; sisters, Mary Schade of St. James City, Fla., Sarah Henry of Marion, Ohio, and Bessie Gibson of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; brother, Bob Efird of Asheboro; 13 grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church Building Fund, 505 S. Park St., Asheboro, N.C. 27203.

Walter married Louise Koelbl on 9 Jan 1954 in Bamberg, , BY, DEU.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce on 19 Apr 1979. (Louise Koelbl was born on 9 May 1931 in Wieshof, , BY, DEU ¹ and died on 11 Nov 2020 in High Point, Guilford, NC ⁷.)