Laura Walker

VISITATION WILL BE 09:00 AM, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 AT CROWN HILL FUNERAL HOME, 700 WEST 38TH STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46208.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 1:00 PM, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 AT CROWN HILL FUNERAL HOME, WITH THE PASTOR BOBBY BAKER OF NEW BEGINNINGS FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT CROWN HILL CEMETERY.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY CROWN HILL FUNERAL HOME.

LAURA F. WALKER WAS BORN IN HANSON, VIRGINIA, TO IDA JANE AND JOHN ROBERT PORTER ON AUGUST 20, 1924. SHE WENT TO SCHOOL IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK. SHE MARRIED MATHEW WALKER IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. SHE WORKED FOR WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR 47 YEARS. SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE UNITED METHODIST WOMEN, BLACK METHODIST FOR CHURCH RENEWAL, SHE WAS A LAY SPEAKER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND PERFORMED MANY FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON A LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, OF WHICH SHE RECEIVED MANY AWARDS AND ACCOLAIDES.

LAURA IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY JOHN ROBERT PORTER (FATHER), IDA JANE (MOTHER), LOTTIE B. CHILDS AND ATTRICE L PORTER (SISTERS), PASTOR THOMAS WRIGHT (HUSBAND), MATHEW WALKER (HUSBAND), AND MANUAL PORTER ( BROTHER).

LAURA F WALKER IS SURVIVED BY ANDREA I. WILSON AND JOYCE ANN (DAUGHTERS), DEIRDRE M FRANCIS AND RHONDA SHIELDS (GRANDDAUGHTERS), KEVIN M WILSON, FRANK M WILSON AND MATHEW BOYD (GRANDSONS), AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, FRIENDS, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE FRANK M WILSON, KEVIN M WILSON, MANUEL R CHILDS, WILLIAM E CHILDS, RONALD E CHILDS, AND DAVID WRIGHT.

THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THE VARIOUS CARING DOCTORS AND NURSES AND A SPECIAL THANKS FOR NURSE TONI, WITHOUT WHOM, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRULY LOST