Catherine Smith Walker, age 91, of Satsuma, Alabama passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. She was born on Friday, September 25, 1931, in Gadsden, Alabama to the late James Euell and Mary Mazie Walker Smith. Catherine married the love of her life Jack in 1952. After working in banking for a year she became a mother to her first born. They decided Catherine would become a stay at home mom. As the years passed and her other children were born Catherine worked for Satsuma Christian Day Care and eventually began keeping children in her home until health concerns prevented her from continuing. She was able to keep her grandkids occasionally which she loved with everything in her.
Jack was a Baptist preacher. Over the years traveling to minister at different churches, Catherine was always by his side with their four children in tow.
Catherine's dearest friends Orville and Doris Britt loved to play dominoes on the weekends. Orville was a plumber who she would answer the phone for.
They always had a garden growing with vegetables that helped feed the family. Catherine was always putting food in the freezer and canning in jars.
She will be remembered as such a giving person that always loved spending time with her family and friends, making the most out of everyday God provided her.
Catherine was preceded in passing by her beloved husband; Jack M. Walker, her parents, one son; Kenneth Reed Walker, six brothers: Chessie Smith, Willie Ross Smith, Robert Smith, Euell Smith, Jr., Benny Smith, Thomas Smith, four sisters: Helen Moore, Inez Smith, Martha Lou Greene, Cecil Brown, and a special niece; Fonda Smith Trawick.
Left to cherish Catherine's beautiful memories will be her three loving children: Rodney Walker (Lucy), Dawn Wilson (Grady), Jonathan Walker (Mhel), eight grandchildren: Kenneth Walker, Jr. (Dovie), Heather Enzor (Joe), Denise Walker (Eric), Tina Coleman (Jonathan), Jennifer Steinriede, Bryan Wilson, Mindy Walker, Lindsey Walker, thirteen great-grandchildren: Reagan Walker, Dreaunna Lisenby, Jack Walker, Kaeden Enzor, Carter Enzor, Walker Coleman, Hudson Coleman, Harper Coleman, Cooper Steinriede, Colton Steinriede, Salem Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Sean Davis, Jr., along with many extended family members and a host of wonderful friends.
A visitation for Catherine will be held Tuesday, November 8, 2022 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM at Radney Funeral Home, 1200 Industrial Pkwy, Saraland, AL 36571. Following the visitation will be a graveside service at 11:00 AM held on the grounds of Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, 10000 Celeste Road, Saraland, AL 36571.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.RadneyFuneralHome-Saraland.com for the Walker family.
