The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest NC, Thursday, November 15 2007, page 6C


Virginia Lake Walker, 73, of Wake Forest, died Saturday, Nov 10 2007, at
Sunnybrook Alzheimer's and Healthcare.  Mrs Walker was born in Hong Kong,
the daughter of the late Virginia Austin Lake and the late Dr John Lake.
Mrs Walker lived in Kansas City through her early teen years.  After the
passing of her father, Mrs Walker's mother moved back to Wake Forest
with her and her sister.  She later moved to Hillsborough, where she
lived and raised her family for more than 20 years.  In Mrs Walker's
later years she moved back to Wake Forest, where she lived until her
health started to decline.

Mrs Walker is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Walker Davis of Mebane;
a son, Allen Walker III of Pittsboro; a sister, Rosa Lake Havens of
Fuquay-Varina; grandchildren, Christopher Allen Walker and his wife
Jessica Knight Walker, and Joseph Daniel Davis of Hargrave Military
Academy, Virginia.

A graveside service was held Nov 13 at the Hillsborough Town Cemetery,
with Hospice Chaplin Suzanne Owens officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St
Mary's St, 4th Floor, Raleigh NC  27605 or to the Food Bank of Central &
Eastern North Carolina, 3808 Tarheel Drive, Raleigh NC 27609.