Rosemarie L. Walker

Rosemarie LaCouvee Walker, aged 91 of Tuscaloosa, passed away May 10,2023 at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 12:30 PM Monday, May 15, 2023 at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Dr. Will McGee officiating. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM prior to the service. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel Funeral Home directing.

Ms. Walker was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Robin H. Walker, Sr., daughter Patricia L. Robbins, Northport, her parents, Reginald James LaCouvee and Maria (Marion) Julia LaCouvee of Vancouver, BC, Canada, her in-laws, Robin Wheeler Walker and Ethel Ryan Walker of Tuscaloosa. Brothers, Lemuel (Lemmie), Karl, Eric, Robert (Bobby), Reginald (Riun), Ray (Remy), Ivan and Germaine. Sisters, Anita Bair, Salt Lake City, UT, Patricia Eros, Davis, CA and Connie Eros, Palm Desert, CA. Sisters-in-law, Patsy Walker Davidson, Northport, Cassie LaCouvee, Qualicum Beach, BC Canada, Shurli Tylor, Vancouver, BC, Olga LaCouvee, Vancouver, BC and brother-in-law, Downey W. Walker, Tuscaloosa.

Survivors include her children, Pamela Walker Chesnutt (Larry) Tuscaloosa, Robin H. Walker, Jr. (Vicky) Cottondale, Reginald James Walker (Kim), Kiawah Island, SC. Sister, Son-in-law Warren Robbins (Anda), Brookwood. Her grandchildren, Ryan, Tyler and Alan Chesnutt of Tuscaloosa, Lindsay Robbins West (Brad), Decatur, Curtis Robbins, Tuscaloosa, Margaret Walker Smithson (Kyran) Cottondale, Rebecca Walker, Cottondale, Andrew Walker and Avery Walker of Kiawah Island, SC. Great-grandchildren, Kennedy and Skylar West, Decatur and Walker Smithson, Cottondale. She is also survived by one brother, Bernie LaCouvee and his wife Carole and sisters-in-law Joy LaCouvee of Surrey, BC Canada, Noella LaCouvee, Port Alberni, BC. Sondra Walker, Tuscaloosa, and brother-in-law, Bill Eros of Palm Desert, CA.

“Rosie” (as she was lovingly known by all), was born January 19,1932 in Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. The 10th child of 13. At the age of 11 in 1943, her mother along with the younger children still at home, travelled two weeks by train across Canada to their new home in Vancouver, BC. Rosemarie worked as a switchboard operator for the BC Telephone Co. During that time, she met her husband Robin, who was in the US Air Force stationed at McChord AF Base in Tacoma, WA, on a blind date. They instantly fell in love and eloped 3 months later. For one year they resided in Tacoma and then returned to Tuscaloosa where they lived and raised their family. Rose was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, joining on September 9, 1963. Rose worked for many years at Adrian’s Ladies Apparel in McFarland Mall, where she was a top salesperson. She also worked for several years at Calvary’s Little Friends Daycare and especially loved keeping the bed babies. In her later years, she worked as a demo lady at Target, handing out samples of various products to shoppers. She never met a stranger and truly loved talking to everyone.

Pallbearers are grandsons Ryan, Alan and Tyler Chesnutt, Curt Robbins, Andrew Walker, and Kyran Smithson.

Honorary pallbearers are the staff of Moundville Health and Rehabilitation, Hospice of West Alabama and Myra Koster.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in her honor to Calvary Baptist Church or to Hospice of West Alabama.