Ann E. Walker

ANN ELIZABETH WALKER was born on November 14, 1954, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky to the late Andrew Martin and Rita Regina Church. She departed this life journey on June 3, 2024, at Union Memorial Hospital. Ann was educated in the parochial school system. She graduated high school from St. Michael’s Business School in Southeast Baltimore and attended Strayer Business College in Baltimore, Maryland. Ann was a devout servant of God, a woman of strong faith, a daily prayer warrior, and she honored Mary, the blessed Mother of God with all her heart. She was a life-long, generational member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church where she was baptized. Ann was a member of the Lector Ministry and she was dutifully involved in other church activities wherever she was needed. On November 24, 1972, Ann was joined in matrimony to Eldridge Milton Walker, Jr., who preceded her in death. From this union they welcomed three sons, McKevit Gerard Walker, Broderick Gerard Walker, and Everett Milton Walker. Ann was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmothers. She was affectionately known as “Granny Annie” by her grandchildren and “Annie Annie” by her great-granddaughter. She looked forward to and cherished her one-on-one time spent with each of them, traveling from Baltimore to Florida whenever she could, and looking forward to getting to Virginia to visit with her great-granddaughter and her new great-grandson. Ann truly loved her family- immediate, extended and as a whole. Ann began her employment as a clerk for the Commercial Credit Corporation. She worked elbow to elbow with her in-laws, Loretta and Eldridge Milton Walker, Sr., owners and operators of Gorsuch Caterers, one of Baltimore’s prominent black catering establishments. She was always concerned about the rights and needs of her family, friends and community and what she could do to help them. She once wrote a letter to Janet Reno, former U. S. Attorney General in the Clinton Administration about crime and other public safety issues that concerned her, and she was so pleased with the response she received from Ms. Reno. She felt she was heard and that somebody else cared about the people of Baltimore. Ann worked as an administrative aide and later became a board member of the Coldstream Homestead Montebello Community Corporation. She was employed in the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services under the Obituary Martin O’Malley’s Administration. She was an administrative aide for the Baltimore City Liquor Board, and she retired from the Maryland Public Service Commission. Ann was a true public servant to her community, the residents of Baltimore City, and all citizens of the State of Maryland. Ann was a gentle spirit. She was always there to lend an ear to anyone who needed some sage advice. She opened her ears, her heart, her mind, and her arms with unconditional positive regard. In her eyes in that moment, you were number 1. In hindsight, her sage advice was so practical. It wasn’t always what you wanted to hear, but it was certainly what you needed to hear - sometimes it was firm but always it was fair. Some of us will always cherish those special moments with Ann. We will truly miss her, and she will always be in our hearts. Ann loved to travel. She traveled across town, across the country and a couple places around the world. She was known as the “Bus Queen.” She traveled north, south, east and west in, around and across the city. She had MTA’s City Link System uploaded in her brain and archived! From downtown to Brooklyn, to Hollander Ridge, to Catonsville, to Patapsco, to Towson, to Annapolis and more. Ann could tell you how to get there. While everyone else struggled with using the new bus system to just get home, Ann was riding and rating the service. She could tell you how to take the Pink to the Green, to the Purple, to the Red and then to the 22, 56, 65, 93 or 150 and so on! The Bus Queen had it all worked out, and you arrived at your destination on time! Her bus adventures ended when she signed up for MTA’s Sedan Service. She called it Uber at a discount, because Mobility was not for her. Ann was our personal MTA dispatch center. Awaiting Ann’s arrival at heaven’s gate are her parents Andrew and Rita, brothers Andrew (Junior) and Martin, sister-in-law Patricia, niece JoAnn and nephew Andrew, along with a host of other relatives. She leaves to mourn: her sons, McKevit, Broderick and Everette; daughter-in-law, Abina; grandchildren, Kiah, Cameron, Zion, Ziare, Zeke, Everett, Koi and Karma; granddaughter-in-law, Star; great-grandchildren, Atara and Johar; sisters, Cecilia, Celestine, Rita and Robin; brothers, Xavier, Robert, Stephen, Charles and Ronald; sisters-in-law, Tomika and Nina; brothers-in-law, Jonathan, Michael and Tracy; a host of nieces and nephews, great-nieces and -nephews, great-great-niece and -nephews, cousins, other relatives and devoted friends. Favorite saying: Today is a blessing; yesterday was an experience; tomorrow is hope

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Ann E. Walker

November 14, 1954 - June 3, 2024