Mattie M. Falkner Walker

Mattie M. Falkner Walker, 91, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at her home in Holly Springs.

She was a retired educator and librarian at Rust College. She was a member of Mt. Gillie Community Church, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Marshall County Retired Teachers Association, and the Mississippi Library Association.

Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Chulahoma M.B. Church, 5509 Highway 4 W. Burial will follow in Cottrell Memorial Garden. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation will be held Friday, Oct. 23, from 11 a.m. To 2:30 p.m. At J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home, 125 N. Memphis St., Holly Springs, and from 4 to 6 p.m. at Mt. Gillie Community Church, 4025 Highway 4 W. Visitation will also be held Saturday, Oct. 24, from 1:30 to 2:25 p.m. At Chulahoma M.B. Church.

She leaves three daughters, Jacqueline Williams and Rosalyn DeBerry, both of Holly Springs, and Donna Beard of Atlanta, Georgia; a son, Stanley Adell Walker of Holly Springs; four sisters, Urma Walker of Waterford, Ella Washington and Wheelock Patrick, both of Chulahoma, and Sarah Summerville of Arlington, Virginia; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Adell Walker; a sister, Gladys Young; and seven brothers, Bobra Walker, Edgar Falkner, Bobbie Falkner Jr., Moses Falkner, Larry Falkner, and Kent Falkner.