Clara Laverne Walker, 84 of Taylorsville, MS passed away Monday, April 24, 2023, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, MS. She was born Wednesday, September 7, 1938, in Iuka, Mississippi.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, from 5:00PM until 8:00PM at Summerland Baptist Church in 80 SCR 28-4, Taylorsville, Mississippi. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 11:00AM at Summerland Baptist Church in Taylorsville, Mississippi. Burial will follow in Summerland Baptist Church Cemetery in Taylorsville, Mississippi. Bro. Andy Pittman will officiate. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Laurel is in charge of arrangements. 601-649-3342

She was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin D. Walker; parents, Lee and Maggie Welch; grandchild, Todd Jernigan; brothers, Clinton Welch, Leroy Welch, Jimmy Welch and Donald Welch, and Leonard Welch.

Survivors include her daughters, Shelia Graham (Billy John) and Melissa Walker; son, Darrell Lee Walker (Denise); grandchildren, Maggie Graham, and McKenzy Lee Walker; brother, Bobby Welch.

Pallbearers will be Family and Friends.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapellaurel.com