Melrose Walker was born on July 24, 1934, in Stillmore, Georgia to the late Minnie Lee Dukes and David Walker. At a tender, early age, Melrose moved with her family to Miami, Florida. She graduated from George Washington Carver Senior High School in 1951 and attended Miami Dade Community College, where she obtained her AA degree in Elementary Education. She was employed with Miami Dade County Public Schools where she started her career as a Library Clerk at Holmes Elementary School and later Attendance Clerk at Lorah Park Elementary where she retired after 31 years of service. Melrose was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Brownsville under the leadership of the late Reverend L. I. James and later moved her membership to Second Canaan Missionary Baptist Church. There she served with various auxiliaries which included the Mission Society, #2 Usher Board and the Miami/Atlanta Christian Youth Seminar. Additionally, she diligently served as the church clerk and faithfully took minutes from every monthly conference meeting until her health declined. Melrose was also active in the community with the Zeta Amicae auxiliary organization and received numerous accolades. She enjoyed a very active life traveling often and spending lots of time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Preceding her in death was her only son, Staff Sgt. Timothy S. Williams, II. In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 24, 2010 (on her brother’s birthday) at home with her daughter and devoted caregiverNatalie, her Heavenly Father quietly called her home. Surviving Ms. Melrose Robinson are:……………… Her three daughters, Elaine Robinson and Natalie Jackson of Miami, FL; Immaculate Matt (Dwayne) of Safety Harbor, FL; one brother, George Walker, Sr. (Joycelyn) of Columbus, OH; one sister, Diane Smithson of Miami, FL; eleven grandchildren, Timothy Williams III (Shona), Tiffany L. Robinson, Dontaki Travon Robinson, Marquis and Brianna Matt, Lateshia and Latosha Jackson, Kerlande Senelus, Linda Charles-Jones (Roderick), Jeff and Gerald Charles; four great grandchildren, Timothy Williams IV, Shania Williams, Christopher Walker and Harold Early; one aunt, Henrietta Dukes; her devoted nephews and nieces of Miami, Florida, Raleigh and Ramona Flowers; Rasamma and Ainsley Hilton; and also from Columbus, Ohio, Sylvia, George Jr., Bertram, Angelo, and Jerome Walker; and a host of other loving relatives of the South Miami area, neighbors and friends.

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