Edluie D Walker Obituary (1938 - 2020)

Visitation- Tuesday, Dec 29th from 4 pm until 7 pm at the mortuary. Graveside Service- Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Wolf Creek County Line Baptist Church Cemetery 3352 Old Jackson Rd Locust Grove, Georgia 30248. Edluie Darnelius Walker was born August 29, 1938 in Butts County, Georgia to Deacon George Herbert Walker and Mother Lillian Bell Reeves Walker. He peacefully departed this life on Monday afternoon, December 21, 2020. He grew up on his parent's farm with four siblings: Judge Herbert, Florence Oteal, Herdis, and Wilson Warren, Walker who all preceded him in death. Edluie was a life-long Christian who joined Wolf Creek County Line Baptist Church at an early age. He also actively served in churches wherever he resided, including Dayton Ohio, Orangeburg, S.C., and Atlanta, GA. In Atlanta he taught Sunday School classes at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, and weekly bible classes at Friendship Baptist Church. And at Zion Hill Baptist Church he was known as a reliable and dedicated servant who served as an Elder in the Rites of Passage Program, a youth bible class teacher in the School of Love Learning and Service, and a teacher in the annual Vacation Bible School Program. After graduating from high school, Edulie served two years in the U.S. Army. He then attended Tuskegee University and Morris Brown College and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business. He received his Master of Business Administration Degree from Georgia State College (currently known as Georgia State College and University). During and after college Edluie held the position of Engineering Specifications Writer at Western Electric Company, he was the first African American Supervisor at Gulf Oil Company in Dayton Ohio, Associate Dean of Business at Claflin University in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and Financial Officer at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. He also served as Director of a Non-Profit organization in Jackson, Georgia, and a few years ago he retired from the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicles. He was also an entrepreneur who previously owned dry cleaning businesses in Atlanta. Edluie was a friendly, inspirational, and caring person who enjoyed helping others. He faithfully worked as a volunteer instructor at his beloved Morris Brown College for many years. He was a volunteer for various local youth mentoring programs, a substitute teacher for Atlanta public schools, a volunteer for the Zion Hill Care to Love Outreach Ministry, and a faithful worker at annual Hosea Feed the Hungry dinners. He leaves to cherish his memories a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other family members, friends, and church family members at Wolf Creek Countyline Baptist Church, and Zion Hill Baptist Church.