Ronceverte-Nova Gaye Walker, 86, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, at the Peyton Hospice House.
Nova was born on July 22, 1936, in Fayetteville to the late John St. Clair Burgess and Beulah “Bea” Eloise Creger.
Nova began her career in Greenbrier County as the first secretary of Greenbrier East High School. She worked there from 1968-1989. She then went to the Greenbrier County Board of Education as its front office secretary until she retired in 1998. Nova enjoyed being and was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Family was everything to her and nobody ever left her house hungry.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, brother Jim Ritter and sister Minnie Ritter.
Left to cherish Nova’s memory are her loving husband of 68 years, George Tom Walker, Sr. of Ronceverte; son, George Tom Walker, Jr. of Ronceverte; daughter, Debra Massey and husband Steve of Ronceverte, daughter, Michelle Bland and husband Harrell of Lewisburg; grandchildren, Krislyn Honaker and husband Jim of Ronceverte, Kourtney Miller and husband Creighton of Lewisburg, Walker Foster and fiancée Scarlett Keeter of Tappahannock, VA, and Michaela Meadows and husband Ethan of Morgantown; great-grandchildren, Callie Honaker, Annabelle Honaker, Emerson Miller, Watson Miller, and Lorelei Keeter.
There will be no service at this time. There will be a celebration of life at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to Peyton Hospice House.
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