Obituary of Jessica Jean Walker

Scotch Plains: Jessica Jean Walker, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown. She was born in Newark and raised in Montclair and had lived in Scotch Plains since 1963. Mrs.Walker worked as a musical director and organist for churches in Union and Essex Counties, and as a piano and voice teacher at Newark Community School of the Arts. She is pre-deceased by her son, Paul J. J. Walker, and her grandson, Francis Scott Walker, Jr. Surviving are her children, Anita Lynne Sullivan (Carl), Francis Scott Walker, Sr., Whitney Elizabeth Walker (Luis), and Jessica Schuylar Walker; her brothers, Charles Lee Patterson and Lonnie Carroll Ridley (Vicki); her sisters, Shirley Anne Harrison and Cynthia Lee Hinkle. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and many other relatives and dear friends. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 19th at 10:00 am at First Park Baptist Church in Plainfield followed by interment at Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains. Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 18th from 2-4 & 7-9 at Higgins Home for Funerals, 209 West 8th Street, Plainfield.