Cynthia Maria Turner Walker
   Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia
Cynthia Walker, 87, of Dublin, Va. and Raleigh, N.C. and formerly of 
Tillamook, Oregon, passed away Friday, February 15, 2008, in the Highland 
Ridge Rehab. Center, Dublin. She was born in Dublin on April 7, 1920, and was 
the daughter of the late B.T. and Gertrude DALTON Turner. She was also 
preceded in death by her husband, Dewey C. Walker Sr.; son, Dewey C. Walker 
Jr.; daughter, Linda Jane Beck; stepparents, Harry and Virgie Anderson; four 
sisters, Lois Lane, Virginia Turner, Penny Collins and Jackie Fuller; two 
brothers, Coy Turner and Edward Turner. She began her nursing career in the 
early 1960's at Pulaski Hospital and achieved her certification as a CNA. She 
later moved to Tillamook, Ore. and continued her nursing career as a CNA until 
her retirement in the late 1980's from Tillamook General Hospital. Cynthia's 
deep Christian beliefs were reflected in her lifelong nursing career and in 
her service to others.

Surviving are son, William Bartley, Raliegh, N.C.; daughters, Christine Bruce, 
Ashland, Va., Shirley Tucker, Cary, N.C.; brothers, Randal Turner, Fancy Gap, 
Va., John Turner, Travelers Rest, S.C.; sisters, Mrs. Jean Moran, Stow, Ohio, 
Mrs. John (Mary Ellen) Hutchison, Easley, S.C., Mrs. Frank (Jo Anne) Chappell, 
Easley, S.C., Mrs. Bert (Barbara) Gosnell, Dublin, Va., Ms. Melissa Corvin, 
Walkertown, N.C.; 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; special friends, 
Ron and Muriel Beeler, Tillamook, Ore., Brett Hestmark, Tillamook, Ore., Mary 
Perkins, Vancouver, Wash. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. from 
Stevens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bill Rowland officiating. Burial followed 
in the Newbern Cemetery, Pulaski County.  (Roanoke Times 2/17/2008)