Lillian Walton. Walker

Lillian Eileen Walton Walker, known to everyone as “Lee”, was born in Monroe, Louisiana on September 3, 1931, to Doris and Clarence Walton. Along with her parents and older brother, Lucius, the family lived on a small farm outside of Savannah, Georgia, for the first eight years of her life. After the untimely death of her father, her mother came to Washington, D.C. for secretarial training in order to provide for her family. Lee joined her mother in Washington when she was in middle school, and this is where she met her future husband. She graduated from Washington and Lee High School. She went on to nursing school, and married Peyton Gardner Walker in 1952. They had four children: Mark, Greg, David, and Lauren. Lee and Peyton were basically lifetime residents of Fairfax County, involved in community activities related to raising four kids, primarily swim team, Scouts, and equestrian events. Being a wife and mother always came first for Lee. She was an RN for many years, working nights in the emergency room in the early years so she could be there for her children during the day. She became a school nurse when the kids were in elementary school, and a dermatology nurse when they were teenagers. She worked in an allergist’s office when the kids were young adults. Then, for something completely different, she became a real estate agent – and she was good at that, too! In retirement, Lee pursued her own interests- primarily reading, water aerobics, and stock market investing. She had a great love for animals, and always had dogs, and often cats, horses, and even ferrets (!) sharing her household. In 2014, Lee and Peyton moved to Greenspring, a retirement community in Springfield, where she continued with swimming, book club, and some committee activities. She lived quietly the last few years, with Shadow, “the best cat ever”. Lee was a beautiful, capable woman with a keen business mind and an unwavering determination to provide a stable, prosperous and happy home for her family. Lee and Peyton were married for 67 years, and showed, by example, how to create a strong and loving family. Besides her four children, and four in-law children, Lee has eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, all of whom will remember Lee with much love, and joy, and gratitude.

Lillian Walton. Walker

September 3, 1931 - June 28, 2023