Helen S. Davis-Walker

HELEN'S JOURNEY BEGAN ON MARCH 13, 1955, IN MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TO WALKER AND LAURA DONALDSON. SHE WAS SECOND TO YOUNGEST OF SEVEN. EVEN AS A YOUNG CHILD, HER INTELLIGENCE AND EAGERNESS TO LEARN STOOD OUT. HER TEACHERS QUICKLY RECOGNIZED HER ADVANCED ABILITIES AND PROMOTED HER FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIRST GRADE, SETTING THE STAGE FOR A LIFETIME OF DETERMINATION AND ACHIEVEMENT.

AT AN EARLY AGE, HELEN ACCEPTED GOD INTO HER LIFE AND UNITED WITH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ALONGSIDE HER MOTHER, LAURA ROBERTS. HER FAITH REMAINED A STEADY FOUNDATION THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, GUIDING HER THROUGH BOTH JOYFUL SEASONS AND CHALLENGING TIMES.

HELEN'S EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY TOOK HER THROUCH GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NORTHWEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND ULTIMATELY WYANDOTTE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1973. SHE BELIEVED IN LEARNING, GROWTH, AND MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED TO HER.

HELEN WAS MARRIED TO CALVIN DAVIS FROM 1977 TO 1980. FROM THIS UNION, THEIR DAUGHTER, CANIKA, WAS BORN. IN 1985, HELEN WAS BLESSED WITH ANOTHER SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, FROM WHICH HER SON, ANDUJUAR, WAS BORN.

FAMILY WAS ONE OF HELEN'S GREATEST TREASURES. SHE LOVINGLY RAISED HER CHILDREN, CANIKA AND ANDUJUAR DAVIS. HER GRANDSONS ARE KEIRON OVERTON, JORDAN DAVIS AND HER ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER, KAH'MARI DAVIS, HER GREAT-GRANDSON, KJ. HER LOVE CREATED A LEGACY THAT CONTINUES THROUGH EACH GENERATION.

HELEN EXEMPLIFIED DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. SHE WORKED FAITHFULLY AT ELECTRO DYNAMICS, FOWLER ENVELOPE, AND TENSION ENVELOPE, WHERE SHE REMAINED UNTIL HER RETIREMENT SIX YEARS AGO. HER STRONG WORK ETHIC EARNED THE RESPECT OF COWORKERS AND FRIENDS ALIKE.

HELEN LOVED LIFE AND BELIEVED IN ENJOYING EVERY MOMENT. WHETHER GATHERING WITH FAMILY, SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS, OR ATTENDING CELEBRATIONS, SHE BROUGHT LAUGHTER, WARMTH, AND ENERGY WHEREVER SHE WENT. HER JOYFUL SPIRIT MADE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME AND APPRECIATED.

MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS AGO, AT A GENERAL MOTORS PARTY, HELEN MET THE MAN WHO WOULD BECOME THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, WILLARD EDDIE WALKER SR. THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS BUILT ON COMPANIONSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, AND ENDURING LOVE. TOGETHER THEY CREATED COUNTLESS MEMORIES THAT BECAME A CHERISHED PART OF HER LIFE'S STORY.

AFTER 71 YEARS OF LIFE, HELEN PEACEFULLY ENTERED ETERNAL REST AT 1:50 AM, MAY 28, 2026, AT PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. WAITING FOR HER IN GLORY WERE HER PARENTS, HER SIBLINGS, WALKER DONALDSON JR., JAMES DONALDSON SR., SHIRLEY BRADFORD HERMAN CAROUTHERS, ODELL LOWE BROTHERS IN-LOVE AND HER NEPHEW JAMES DONALDSON JR.

LEFT TO CELEBRATE HER BEAUTIFUL LIFE AND MOURN HER PASSING ARE HER CHILDREN, CANIKA DAVIS (WILL), ANDUJUAR DAVIS, HER SISTERS VIOLET MCCULLOUGH, PEARLENE CAROUTHERS BROTHER TOMMY DALE DONALDSON, SISTER IN-LOVE LILLIAN DONALDSON, STEPSONS WILLARD JR (SABRINA) BARRICK, STEPDAUCHTER MARIA (WENDY) FONVILLE, HER GRANDCHILDREN KEIRON OVERTON (GIA), JORDAN DAVIS AND ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER KAH'MARI DAVIS. ONE GREAT-GRANDSON KJ; A HOST OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, GREAT-GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS ALONG WITH RELATIVES, FRIENDS.

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