Margaret D. Walker

Margaret D. Walker, age 93, of Springfield, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2009 at NorthCrest Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 14, 2009 at Mt. Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 11am with Reverend Chris Warren officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Sharon Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Dave Watkins, Steve Watkins, Gray Padfield, Jr., Chad Conger and Drew Johnson. Visitation will be held at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield on Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 4-8pm and on Sunday, December 13, 2009 from 2-5pm. Visitation will also be held Monday morning at the church beginning one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Walker was born June 10, 1916 in Robertson County to the late Bud Alexander and Mossie B. Allison Dillaha. She was a teacher and principal in Robertson County Schools and worked for the Farm Bureau Tax Service. She was an ordained elder and deacon at Mt. Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a longtime Sunday School teacher. She was a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Ministry and Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry (Golden Patron), Farm Bureau Women, FCE Club, American Red Cross, the Hospital Auxiliary and other volunteer organizations. Mrs. Walker was also a 4-H Club Leader and recipient of the State 4-H Alumni Award. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, James Paul Walker, brother, Edgar Dillaha and sister Virginia Skiles. She is survived by son, James Kenneth (Ida) Walker of Savannah, TN; daughters, Virginia Watkins of Louisville, KY, Carolyn (Richard) Hensman of Hendersonville and Paula (Jaime) Jordan of Springfield; sister, Gertrude Ellis of White House; grandchildren, Kenny Walker, LuAnn Walker Brewer, Dave Watkins, Steve Watkins, Gray Padfield, Jr., Jenny Beth Jordan, Drew Jordan and Emily Jordan; and 7 great-grandchildren. The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Mt. Sharon Cumberland Presbyterian Church Building Fund in c/o Austin & Bell. Austin & Bell Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements.

Margaret D. Walker

June 10, 1916 - December 10, 2009