Journia Wilkins Walker

        Miss Journia Wilkins Walker, age 71 of Oakwood, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness.

            Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, March 6, 2023 at 12:00 noon in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.  Dr. Eugene Green will officiate.  The family will receive friends on Monday, March 6, 2023 from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, prior to the service, at the funeral home.

            Miss Walker was born January 13, 1952 in Gainesville, Georgia to the late John Evans Walker and Rosa Belle Wilkins Walker.  She was self-employed as a Photographer and was a member of St. John Baptist Church. Journia was a 1972 graduate of South Hall High School and attended the Art Institute of Atlanta.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Sanford Walker, Sr., her sisters, Johncy, Joel, and Joan and her nieces, Erica Tate and Cheryl Akers. 

            Miss Walker is survived by her life partner of 52 years, Debbie Latimer of Oakwood, brother, Stanford Walker of Gainesville, nieces, Sylvia Akers, Anita Hill, Susan Geter, Nancy Walker and Marion Akers, nephews, Sanford Walker, Jr., Roland Walker, Nelson Geter and Elmer Akers, Jr. and special loved great-nieces and great-nephews.

            Special thanks to the nurses and doctors with the Coronary Care Unit and Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center for their excellent care of Journia during her illness.

Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA  30504 is in charge of arrangements.

Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.