Norman Kushney Walker

IN LOVING MEMORY OF NORMAN KUSHNEY WALKER 

FEBRUARY 17, 1958- FEBRUARY 23, 2026 

NORMAN KUSHNEY WALKER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 17, 1958, IN BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA, AND WAS RAISED IN SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA. HE WAS THE FOURTH OF SEVEN CHILDREN BORN TO THE LATE BERNICE DIXON WALKER AND THE LATE JOSCELYN ISRAEL WALKER, SR. AT A YOUNG AGE, NORMAN WAS BAPTIZED AT MOUNT CALVARY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE BEGAN DEVELOPING THE FAITH AND VALUES THAT WOULD GUIDE HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. NORMAN ATTENDED SCHOOL IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND GRADUATED FROM GLADES CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ON JUNE 11, 1976. DURING HIS TIME AT GLADES CENTRAL, HE WAS KNOWN AS A TALENTED AND DEDICATED FOOTBALL PLAYER, DEMONSTRATING THE DETERMINATION AND TEAMWORK THAT WOULD BECOME HALLMARKS OF HIS CHARACTER. 

FOLLOWING GRADUATION, NORMAN PROUDLY ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED 22-YEAR CAREER, HE SERVED AS AN AVIATION AERO DYNAMIC MECHANIC AND LATER AS A MARINE CORPS RECRUITER. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN SERVING HIS COUNTRY AND MENTORING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ASPIRED TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. HIS COMMITMENT, DISCIPLINE, AND PRIDE IN THE MARINE CORPS LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON THOSE AROUND HIM. 

NORMAN LIVED IN CALIFORNIA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, WHERE HE BUILT A LIFE DEDICATED TO HIS WORK, MEANINGFUL FRIENDSHIPS, AND CHERISHED FAMILY CONNECTIONS, OUTSIDE OF HIS MILITARY SERVICE, HE HAD AN UNWAVERING LOVE FOR AUTO MECHANICS. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SKILL AND PASSION FOR WORKING ON VEHICLES AND OFTEN ENJOYED HELPING OTHERS WITH REPAIRS. 

HE WAS A LOVING AND DEVOTED FATHER TO HIS DAUGHTER, SURRETHA B. WALKER, WHO WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS OF HIS LIFE. NORMAN ALSO SHARED A DEEP AND LOVING BOND WITH HIS BELOVED SOULMATE, SHELIA URGUHART, WHO SADLY PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 2, 2026.

 PRECEDED IN DEATH 

BERNICE DIXON WALKER, MOTHER 

JOSCELYN ISRAEL WALKER, SR., FATHER 

JOSCELYN ISRAEL WALKER, JR., BROTHER 

SHELIA URGUHART, BELOVED SOULMATE 

CHERISHING HIS MEMORY 

NORMAN LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LOVING MEMORY HIS DAUGHTER: SURRETHA B. WALKER 

SIBLINGS: 

PATRICIA WALKER-MOORE (IKE) – WELLINGTON, FLORIDA 

MAVIS WALKER SMITH-WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 

DIANNA WALKER INGRAM-STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA 

ARCHIE WALKER (LISA) – ALBANY, GEORGIA 

JANICE WALKER (JIMMY) - WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 

IN-LAW: 

GENETTE WALKER-BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA 

HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS, AND FRIENDS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR AND CHERISH HIS MEMORY.