Wilma Ann McMillion Walker, 81, of Hillsboro, suddenly passed away Sunday, October 11, 2026, at her home.
Born January 7, 1945, at Spring Creek Station, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Callison McMillion and Stella Ray Dixon McMillion.
Ann was an honor graduate of Frankford High School, the first year of the consolidation of Renick, Williamsburg and Frankford. She was President of the FHA Chapter and received the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow Award; and was a graduate of the Chesapeake and Ohio School of Nursing in Clifton Forge, Virginia in 1966. She was employed at Denmar State Hospital at Beard from 1966 until its closing in 1990. She served in various positions, lastly Director of Nursing Services.
Ann was employed for five years at Greenbrier Manor in Fairlea as Director of Nursing Services and at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital in Buckeye, in the Home Health Department. Following a breast cancer diagnosis, she retired in the early 2000s. She attended Plott events with Gene and also entered her photos in the Roadside in Bloom Calendar contests which she won many times.
She was an honorary member of the National Plott Hound Association and the American Plott Association; member of the Fenton Art Glass Collectors of America; and member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter #97 Marlinton.
She attended the Band of Hope Baptist Church in Esty most of her life.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Sherry Elaine; and sisters, Bea Haas and Minnie McMillion.
She is survived by her husband and best friend, Ezra Eugene Walker; son, Sam Walker, and wife, Anne Marie, of Hillsboro; grandchildren, Hayden Walker and Sherry Marie Walker; sisters, Ruby Dheel, of Lewisburg, and Vickie Hamons, of Locust Creek; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 2026, at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Hillsboro with Pastors Jamie Estep and John Paul Burks officiating. Burial will follow in Emanuel Cemetery on Bruffey Creek.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2026, at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers donations of sympathy may be made to Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church C/O Carmen LaRue, PO Box 127, Hillsboro, WV 24946.
Online condolences may be made at Lantzfuneralhome.com
