Bertha McClee Griffin WALKER

YORKTOWN - Bertha McClee Griffin Walker, 87, passed away on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. She was born in Nash County, N.C., to the late Joseph and Mary Jane Vick Griffin on Dec. 7, 1922.
Mrs. Walker moved to Portsmouth, Va., at the age of 19 and worked at Portsmouth Naval Base, where she met her husband, Oscar Walker. She married Oscar on April 27, 1945, in Rocky Mount, N.C., and later settled in Newport News. She was a 1972 graduate of Old Dominion University with a degree in education and was a private elementary school teacher for several local schools. She was a charter member of Deer Park Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school and later became a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Yorktown, where she loved the Senior Sunday school class. She was a devout Christian all of her life.
Mrs. Walker was feisty and lived in her own house until the end, just like she wanted.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by six brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include a son, Terry Walker of Gloucester; daughter, Lois Barnett and husband, Keith of Hampton; sister, Betty Mae Tant of Nash County; four grandchildren, Andy Miller of Gloucester, Jennell Hodgeson (Derrick) of Gloucester, Joshua and Krista Barnett, both of Hampton; two great-grandchildren, Kaelyn and Benjamin Hodgeson.
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at Peninsula Funeral Home, officiated by the Rev. Eddie Heath with visitation following until 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Walker will be taken to the Cornerstone Funeral Home in Nashville, N.C., for visitation Friday, Dec. 3, from 3 to 5 p.m. and graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, in the George Griffin Family Cemetery, Nash, N.C.
Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.