Belinda Smith Walker

Belinda Smith Walker, 65, of Brasstown passed away Thursday, June 13, 2019 in a Gainesville, Georgia hospital. She was a native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County. Belinda was employed by Carolina Farm Credit, retiring with 20 years of service. She was a member of the Little Brasstown Baptist Church.

Belinda liked to do crafts and loved helping people. Her passion was to make blankets for needy children and turbans for cancer patients.

She was the daughter of the late Douglas Holmes and Blanche Scroggs Smith.

Surviving are her husband, William Earl Walker; a daughter, Melanie Estes and fiancé, Mike Hayes of Brasstown; a son, Terry Laney and wife, Tiffany of Charlotte, North Carolina; two step-daughters, Cortney Walker Giles and husband, Brandon of Auburndale, Florida and Alicia Lewis and husband, Craig of Murphy; a grandson, Nathan Laney; and four step-grandsons, Drake, Brayden, and Zeke Lewis, and Jrue Giles.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 2019 in the chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy with the Rev. Aud Brown officiating. The interment was in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Nathan Laney, Scott Helton, Tim Brown, Justin Scroggs, Alan Mauney, and Robert Caldwell. Honorary pallbearers were Jim Carringer, Clay and Mike Logan, Ralph Myers, Danny Wilson, and Tim Timpson.

The family received friends from 6-8 Saturday evening at the Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made in memory of Belinda Smith Walker to Meals on Wheels, Attn: Peggy Graham, 69 Alpine Street, Murphy, NC 28906.

Ivie Funeral Home, Murphy in charge of all arrangements.