Funeral services for Vernie Watts Walker will be on Thursday, September 22, 2016, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Brookhaven, MS, at 11:00 AM with burial to follow in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Bro. Jerry Sullivan will be officiating the services with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and will continue at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Thursday, September 22, 2016, from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM.
Mrs. Walker, 93, passed from this life on Sunday, September 19, 2016, at Brook Manor Nursing Home in Brookhaven, MS. She was born on May 10, 1923, in the Zetus Commumity of Brookhaven, MS, to George Washington (Wash) and Ada Smith Watts. She was a homemaker and was retired from The Potter Company in Wesson, MS. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She loved working in her yard, cooking and her church family. She was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend.
Preceding her in death were her parents, George Washington (Wash) and Ada Smith Watts; husband, Enoch Walker; grandson, Evan Wayne Walker; sister, Selma Britt; and niece, Linda Fairchild.
Survivors are her son, Gary Walker and wife Pam of Brookhaven, MS; grandsons, Corey, Zack and Josh; nephew, Kelly Britt; and a host of cousins and friends.
Pallbearers are Jerry Freeman, Seth Allen, Wayne Foster, Randall Lofton, Kelly Britt and Anthony Smith.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Mrs. Walker's name may be made to: Mt. Zion Baptist Church Building Fund.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Ray Montalvo, and the staffs of Brook Manor Nursing Home and Hospice Ministries.