Sandra Jo Walker of Gloucester, beloved mother and Memaw, passed away on March 16, 2025 at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. She had a long fight with her health and it became time for her to be called home.

Sandra was born Sandra Jo Orrison in Welch, West Virginia, on July 16, 1955. Her parents were Joe Orrison and Bernice Orrison and loved by their community. After graduation from Welch High School, she married John Aaron Walker of Welch, and they moved to Virginia to start a new life. They ended up in Gloucester where they both called their new home. Even though they divorced, they became friends again before he passed in 2017. Sandra worked several places over the years where she made many friends from the biscuit maker at Hardee’s, school bus driver, but mainly it was working at convenience stores like Achilles Shopping Center that she made so many connections and friends that would just smile at the sound of her infectious laughter.

She is survived by her daughter, Alethea Walker Dixon; her beloved grandson, Walker Christian Dixon; son- in-law, James Robert Dixon, all in Gloucester, and her two brothers, Robert Pat Orrison in Statesville, N.C., and Philip Keith Orrison in Lexington, N.C.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Dunston Hall Clubhouse, 5892 Roland Smith Dr., Gloucester, Va. 23061 on March 29 at 2 p.m. All friends and family are welcome to come to celebrate in her memory.

Andrews Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.