WALKER, MYRON D. of Fall River.  Son of Sandra (Dandridge) and the late David Burke.

MYRON DAVIDOFF WALKER BURKE, AGE 53, PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 2, 2025, IN FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS. B RN ON JULY 14, 1971, IN BOSTON, MYRON WAS THE SON O F SANDRA AND DAVID BURKE. FROM A YOUNG AGE, HE SHOWED A STRONG SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE, LEARNING T O RIDE A TEN-SPEED BIKE AT JUST THREE YEARS OLD AND MASTERING ROLLER SKATING WITH TRICKS THAT AMAZED TH O SE AROUND HIM. HE ATTENDED WEST ROXBURY HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE MOVING TO OHIO IN 1992, WHERE HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE RETURNING TO BOSTON. MYRON WAS A DEDICATED TRUCK DRIVER AND HELD VARIOUS OTHER JOBS THOUGH OUT HIS LI FE. HIS WORK ETHIC WAS A TESTAMENT TO HIS CHARACTER, AND HE PASSED THESE VALUES ON T O HIS CHILDREN. HE WAS A HUSBAND, A LOVING FATHER, SON, BROTHER, GRANDFATHER, UNCLE, COUSIN, AND FRIEND, ALWAYS WITH A GENEROUS SPIRIT AND A KIND HEART. MYRON HAD A PASSION FOR SPORTS, PARTICULARLY ENJOYING WATCHING GAMES AND ROOTING  OR HIS FAVORITES. HE WAS A FAN O F CLASSIC SHOWS LIKE MARTIN AND SANFORD AND SON AND LOVED TO JOKE AROUND, OFTEN CLAIMING T O BE THE BEST  BOWLER IN THE GROUP. HIS SENSE OF HUMOR WAS CONTAGIOUS, AND HE THRIVED ON LIGHT-HEARTED BANTER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS KNOWN FOR INSTILLING STRONG VALUES IN HIS CHILDREN—TEACHING THEM THE IMPORTANCE O F HARD WORK, INTEGRITY, AND FAMILY. HE WOULD OFTEN JOKE, “YOU HATE ME, HAHAHA, ” BUT THOSE WORDS CARRIED THE DEEP LOVE HE HAD F O R THEM. HIS FAVORITE MEALS INCLUDED HIS MOTHER’S PORK CHOPS, AND HE CHERISHED HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH HER. MYRON WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, DAVID P. BURKE; HIS GRANDPARENTS CLERETTA BURKE, ARTHUR BURKE, WILLIE MAE WILSON, AND JOSEPH WILSON; HIS SISTER, CARRINDA WALKER; AND HIS  SON, DEORETYE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BELOVED MOTHER, SANDRA WALKER BURKE DANDRIDGE; HIS SIBLINGS, JOVETTA (HONEYBEE) RICHARDS OF BOSTON, STEFON WALKER O F BOSTON, REGINALD WALKER OF NEVADA, DAVID BURKE OF BOSTON, TRACY BURKE-P OWELL (WILBERT) OF BOSTON, AND DAYANA BURKE O  MARYLAND; HIS CHILDREN, MYRON D. BURKE JR OF OHIO , DEQ UAN (MICKELLA) BURKE OF OHIO , KWAMAYNE TYE OF OHIO , SHASAIA TYE OF OHIO , SHACORA BUSH OF BOSTON, MYISHA BURKE OF OHIO , ALFONZO BURKE OF OHIO , AND KAMDYN BURKE OF FALL RIVER; AS WELL AS HIS 26 GRANDCHILDREN, HIS SOULMATE, WANDA ODOM, AND COUSINS CHRISTON WILSON AND DARRYL GIBBS, WHOM HE CONSIDERED HIS BROTHERS. MYRON WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR LIVING LI FE ON HIS OWN TERMS, WORKING TIRELESSLY, AND BEING A LOVING AND DEDICATED PARENT, PARTNER, SIBLING, AND FRIEND. HE WILL FOREVER BE CHERISHED FOR THE SMALL MOMENTS, LIKE TAKING HIS SON KAMDYN TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING AND STOPPING AT DUNKIN' DONUTS FOR BREAKFAST. HIS LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY WAS EVIDENT IN THE COUNTLESS PHONE CALLS HE MADE EACH DAY TO STAY CONNECTED WITH HIS CHILDREN.

Visiting hour at Mann Rodgers Funeral Home, 44 Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain on Wednesday from10:30 - 11:30 am.

Interment is private