Laura Walker

Laura Dell Brown WalkerThe memorial service for Laura Dell Brown Walker will be held Tuesday, June 22, at 11:00 a.m. with family visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson, TN. A memorial service for friends and family in Texas will be held in Conroe, TX at a date not yet decided.Born August 20, 1925 in Crockett, Texas to Daisy Dell Rosamond Brown of Kosciusko, MS, and Verner Grissom Brown of Nacogdoches, Texas, Laura Walker, passed from this life to be with her Lord at approximately 8:00 A. M. on June 18, 2010. She was preceded in death by a brother, Jack Brown, formerly of Conroe, TX and a sister, Rosamund Brown McMillian, formerly of Conroe. She is survived by a husband, John Cleveland Walker of Jackson, TN; a son, Gary Allen Walker of Kingwood, Texas, and his wife Loyce; a daughter, Cynthia Gail Walker Bush, of Jackson and her husband Randall; three grandchildren, Audrey Walker Fox of Kingwood, TX and her husband Todd, Christopher Alan Bush of Houston, TX and his wife Bunmi Sarah; Laura Bush of Jackson; and one great-grand daughter, Kasey Fox of Kingwood, TX.Laura Walker was an active member of Baptist churches in Houston, TX, Conroe, TX, and Montgomery, TX having been engaged for many years teaching Sunday school, ministering in nursing homes, and prayer ministry. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord at age eleven, and was baptized in the First Baptist Church of Conroe, Texas. She was reared in a household, which, was in her own words, ?a Christian family of Bible believers with high moral values.? After her decision to follow Christ, her mother sat her down, and ?eye to eye, further explained to me and emphasized what an important decision I had made, and how every other decision I would make in life would be definitely influenced by this important decision.? Laura was known for her wonderful sense of humor, her compassion for others, and her devotion to prayer. ?My prayer forever for myself,? she said, ?is that I may glorify my God in all I say, do, think, and act upon!? Those who knew her saw this prayer acted out daily in her life. Even when her memory began to falter because of Alzheimers, she sang praises to God, recited scriptures she remembered, spoke often of her love for the Lord, and stressed to all whom she met the importance of ?living, loving, and laughing.?Thank-you, MotherFor teaching me not to take myself so seriouslyAnd for discovering the relief of laughing at myself;For sharing your sense of humor with me,Because it beams sunshine into dark corner;For teaching me to be creative,Because there? a special satisfaction in revising something old into something new;For sharing with me the challenge of learning new things,Because you so joyfully treasure each moment of life;For being my best critic because I know you are always honest with me;For teaching me that there are no ?little? people,That everyone is important in God?s eyes,And that He cares about all their feelings;For showing me how to love and respect my husband,As you love and respect my father;For teaching me to trust God,As I see you trust Him through all the changes in your life;For praying for me,For a Mother?s prayers are more valuable and powerful than all the world?s riches.All my love, Cindy