Clara Elizabeth Taylor Walker, 89, died Friday, January 6, 2017, in Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Clara was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, December 29, 1927, to the late Willie and Dollie Mavis Hinton Taylor. She loved serving the Lord and was a lifelong member of Lakeview Baptist and Victory Baptist Churches. She had a talent for sewing and was considered a “professional seamstress” and she also loved baking. In addition to her parents, Clara was preceded in death by her husband, Wilfred Columbus “W.C.” Walker; brothers, Isaac and Marvin Taylor; sister, Marie Whichard, and her grandson, Cameron Osborne.
Surviving are her daughters, Naomi W. Smith and husband, Melvin, of Roanoke Rapids, and Torie W. Osborne and husband, Robert, of Halifax; granddaughter, Erin Smith; special friends, Debbie and Michael Morris, Becky and Hubert Allen, Allie Faye Ivey, Adele Fox and Johnnie and Margaret Lassiter. Also surviving are her sister-in-law, Avalene Cullom and many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service Thursday, January 12, 2017, from 6-8 pm. Pastor Jeremy Kobernat will conduct funeral services at Victory Baptist Church Friday, January 13, 2017 at 1:00 pm. Interment will follow in Crestview Memorial Cemetery.
The family has suggested memorial contributions be made to Victory Baptist Church, 2360 Bolling Rd., Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com