Doretha Walker

Doretha Agnes Walker, a resident of Brentwood, Calif. died Nov. 16. She was 83.

Born Jan. 13, 1926, in Nashville, N.C., she graduated from Enfield High School in Enfield, N.C. She married William Blond Walker Jr. Oct. 6, 1945 in Virginia.

Walker was a homemaker, Sunday school teacher, assistant librarian and also worked at the Lab.

She enjoyed quilting, sewing and crocheting.

She is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline Null of Clovis, Calif.; children William Walker of Stockton; John A. Walker of Auburn; Susan Yuen of Tracy; Kirk Walker of Brentwood; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Earnestine “Polly” Gibson, Beatrice Olberding, Linda McNeely, Helen Chalker, Thelma Thurman, Bobby Ray Hunt, Ronald Hunt, Edward Hunt, David Hunt and Franklin Hunt.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Blond Walker Jr., on Jan. 9, 2009; grandson Sgt. John Adam Walker Jr.; son-in-law Wade Null; and granddaughter Sarah Null.

Services were held Nov. 21 in Nevada City.

Memorial contributions may be made in Walker’s name to the Cedar Creek Church, P.O. Box 175, Fayetteville, N.C. 28302.