Funeral service for Mr. Alton Glenn “Bookie” Walker will be 11 a.m.,
Thursday, September 10, 2020, at Riverwood Family, with burial at
Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 9 a.m. Thursday until the time of service.
Mr. “Bookie” Walker, 79, of Brookhaven, passed from this life September 7, 2020,
at King’s Daughters Medical Center. He was born in Brookhaven June 22, 1941, to
William Clyde Walker and Alice Lucille Allgood Walker. Mr. “Bookie” became a
Funeral Director and spent his life not only working with, but ministering to, those
in grief. He was a true servant, spending his time caring for the needs of others,
not only in his work, but in life. He will be greatly missed by all who loved him.
His friends and fellow workers at Macedonia Baptist Church and New Sight Baptist Church
will know a tremendous vacancy as well.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Ernestine Walker; his parents; sister,
Betty Jo Walker; and brother Loyd Walker.
Those who remain to cherish his memory are his wife, Joy Gill Smith Walker; son, Matt Walker (Daphne)
of Rydal, GA; daughter, Debbie Peebles (Lee) of Brookhaven, MS; sister, Linda Sue Iasigi (Mel);
five grandchildren, Chan Newell (Whitney), Chris Newell (Ashley), Cody Newell, Whitney Jones (Carl),
and Colton Walker; four step-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren; stepdaughter,
Cynthia Phillips (Bryan); stepsons, Douglas Smith (Amy), and Ronnie Smith. He is also survived
by a special great granddaughter that kept him young and active, Harper Newell and 8 great grandchildren.
The Walker family wants to say a special “Thank You” to Ashley Newell for the
wonderful care and compassion she gave to him.
