Charles R. "Jiggs" Walls, 87, died May 17, 2008 at Labette Health Hospital, Parsons, Kansas. He was born July 7, 1920 at Estella, Oklahoma, the son of John Wesley and Bessie (Williams) Walls. He married Velma "Fern" Barnwell April 17, 1948 at Topsy, Oklahoma. He worked for Northern Natural Gas at Bushton as a backhoe operator for thirty-three years before retiring. Growing up near Vinita, Oklahoma, he helped his father farm before moving to Bushton in 1954. He moved to Parsons in 2007. Mr. Walls served in World War II in the Seabees in the South Pacific Theatre. He loved to garden and play cards and was a wonderful and caring husband, father, and grandfather, who loved his family. Survivors include his wife, Fern Walls, Parsons, Kansas; one son, DeWayne Walls and wife, Geraldine, Jetmore, Kansas; two daughters, Gail Walls, Wichita, Kansas, and Brenda Butler and husband, Keith, Parsons, Kansas; two sisters, Allie May McGlasson, Vinita, Oklahoma, and Mary Lou Cooper, Owasso, Oklahoma; one brother, Keith Walls, Boise, Idaho; four grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Vivian, Lee, Ralph and Earl "Shorty" Walls, and one sister, Thelma Jent. Funeral will be at 11:00 a.m, Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at the United Methodist Church, Bushton, Kansas, with Reverend Gene Langhofer officiating. Burial with military graveside riteswill be in the Bushton Cemetery, Bushton, Kansas. Friends may call from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the Bushton United Methodist Church, in care of the funeral home.