Reverend Diana Walker

Reverend Diana Walker, 62, of High Springs passed away Feb. 5, 2013. She was the oldest child of Thelma Williams Sheppard and the late Johnny Sheppard, Sr. Reverend Walker was a 1967 graduate of A. L. Mebane High School and former pastor of Woodstock United Methodist Church, Jacksonville and Bartley Temple United Methodist Church, Gainesville. She attended Bethune Cookman University, Daytona Beach and the University of Florida, Gainesville.

She is survived by children, Anissa Sheppard, Tiffany Garrison, Shalonda White, Tera Walker and Crystal Wright; grandchildren Brittani Wooden, Clifford Britt, Jr., Oneisha Daris, Tanzania Jenkins, Adrian Williams, Jr., Tajhanae White, Jayden Williams, Halaijha Mosley, Stori White; great-grandson Richard Snead III; and siblings John Sheppard, Jr., Dirk Sheppard, Belinda Lewis, Bruce Sheppard and Carlos Sheppard.

Viewing will be held Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 from 5 pm. – 7 p.m. at A. Jerome Brown Funeral Home High Springs, 1560 NW 1^st Avenue, High Springs, FL 32643. Funeral Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Church of God by Faith, 1605 NW 1^st Avenue, High Springs, Elder James Williams, Pastor. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery. Funeral arrangements entrusted to A. Jerome Brown Funeral Home.