Ozella Lora Walker

born to John Henry and Maggie Connolly, May 20, 1922. She had eight siblings; seven

proceeded in death, Ruby Connolly, Ruth Jones-Williams, Henry L. (H.L.) Connolly, Hubbr B.

(H.B.) Connolly, Bessie Cunningham, Anabel Harris, Thelma Chivis, and one sister currently

alive, Helen Morgan. She attended Brethren High School, earned her Nursing Degree at

Muskegon Community College, and worked for Hackley Hospital until retirement.

She married Robert E. Walker (who proceeded in death) on July 7, 1941. She had seven children,

four surviving, Robin, Sundra, Kelly, and April, and three proceedings in death, Sharon, Karen

(Kay), and Robert Jr.

What we will mainly miss about mama is Sunday Dinner. We would all arrive at her house

around 1 o’clock, and we always knew what we were going to have: chicken, mash potatoes,

mac and cheese, collard greens, candied yams, hot water cornbread, the usual. It was always

important that we made a line in the kitchen so everyone could have a plate and there would be

no arguments (there was always some kind of argument). Then we sit around mom with our

dinner and discuss worldly events, which would lead to another argument about politics. Finally,

as you prepare to leave the house with your to-go plate, mom would say one more thing, and you

would come right back into the house. No one really left with the time that they had planned.

So mom, thanks for giving us life, and thanks for making it good. We love you.