Mrs. Walton was a retired worker from Cleveland Mills of Lawndale, NC. She also was a retired Teachers Assistant at Union Elementary School through the Adoptive Grandparents Program. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Lawndale where she served as a Sunday School Teacher, and a member of the Senior and Mass Choirs. She was a member of Elizabeth Chapter #3 Order of Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Woodrow Walton; two brothers, Man Stone Albert and Henry Albert; seven sisters, Bernice Shade, Minnie Albert Ratchford, Pauline Albert, Agnes Famble, Lacy Hutley, Lurline Dawkins and Edna Mae Hush; a grandson, Quentin Rudisill; two brothers-in-law &sisters-in-law, Edgar Hue Walton, Sr. (Mazelle) and Cleveland Walton (Janette); stepmother-in-law, Susie Walton; stepsister-in-law, Emma Johnson; three stepbrother-in-laws, Ardell Whitworth, Edward Whitworth, and Coleman Whitworth.
She is survived by four sons and three daughters-in-law; Thomas Walton (Shirley), Wayne Walton (Debra) all of Shelby, NC, Calvin Walton of Boiling Springs, NC and Charles Walton (Machele) of Charlotte, NC; Step-son Woodrow Walton Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio; two daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret Walton-Davis (Anthony) of Atlanta, GA and Valeria Walton-Willis(Allen) of Charlotte, NC; sister-in-law, Angeline Walton-Byrd(Odell) of Lawndale, NC; stepbrother-in-law, Willie Whitworth of Lawndale, NC and 14grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren. God-Son and his wife, Harvey Hector (Claudia) of Lawndale, NC; and a host of nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Mrs. Walton will be private. She may be viewed on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 from 11:00 AM until 12:00 Noon at First Baptist Church in Lawndale. Burial will take place at the church cemetery. The family will not receive friends because of COVID-19 but the service will be livestreamed starting at 12:45 PM via the Facebook page of Enloe Mortuary.