Beatrice Walker

Beatrice Rainey Walker died on Friday , March 17, 2006. She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Robert Williamson Bob Rainey, Sr. and the late Annie King Rainey and was married to the late Melvin Elmo Walker, Sr. She worked for fifteen years for the Baptist Childrens Home of NC at Mills Home and Kennedy Home Campuses. She retired in 1992 as office administrator at Camp Dogwood for the Blind at Sherrils Ford, NC and was a member of the Union Ridge Church. She is survived by daughters, Amy Sue Walker of Burlington, June Walker Honeycutt of Lexington, and Deborah Walker Parker of Morehead City; son, Melvin E. Walker, Jr. of Hickory; six grandchildren; three great grandchildren; three sisters, Nellie Polly Dixon, Wilma Hurdle, and Mary Lou Bolick all of Burlington; and two brothers, H. Dean Rainey of Burlington and Dewey Lee Rainey of Mebane. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and five brothers, William H. Bill Rainey, Paul King P.K. Rainey, R. W. Dub Rainey, Jr., Charlie Red Rainey and John M. Mack Rainey. The funeral will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at Union Ridge Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Tuesday evening at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials may be made to Rainey Family Scholarship Fund c/o Union Ridge Church, 115 Altamahaw-Union Ridge Rd., Burlington, NC 27217 or to Camp Dogwood Wish Fund, P.O. Box 39, Sherrills Ford, NC 28673. Condolences may be sent to the family at info@lowefuneralhome.com