BRENDA SPEIGHTS WALKER

A funeral service for Brenda Speights Walker will be held at Downs Funeral Home on Saturday, June 13, at 11 a.m. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 12, 2020 at Downs Funeral Home from 6:00-8:00p.m. Graveside service will be held on Monday, June 15, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Point Enterprise Cemetery in Mexia.

Brenda was born in Mexia on Jan. 12, 1956, and passed away in Shreveport, Louisiana, on June 8, 2020.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Evelyn Black Speights; and father, Edell “Slim” Speights.

She is survived by her husband, Michael Walker, of Waskom; daughter Michelle Walker Lyons and Larry Lyons III, of Harleton; three granddaughters, Kimberly Tynan, Alexis Lyons and Lara Lyons; two great-grandchildren, Brooklyn and Kason Willett; brother Larry Speights and Jo Speights; and sister Linda Speights.

Brenda received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from East Texas Baptist College in 1982. She later completed her master’s degree in Health Informatics and Health Information Management and was writing her dissertation in pursuit of a Doctor of Education degree. She was certified as a registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Certified Coding Specialist (CCS). She was a member of First Baptist Church of Shreveport, La.

Brenda was full-time faculty in Health Information Technology at Blinn College in Bryan, since August 2016. Prior to moving to Blinn, she was a supervisor and manager in Health Information Management at CHRISTUS Schumpert and Highland in Shreveport for 26 years, and was Adjunct teaching Medical Transcription at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, La., from 2005-2012. She began her Medical Records career as a Medical Transcriptionist and later Medical Coder at what was then Marshall Memorial Hospital in 1980 under the tutelage of Mrs. Hazel Hopkins Redmond.

Funeral services are being handled to Downs Funeral Home, 4608 Elysian Fields Rd., Marshall, Texas 75672; phone 903-927-1700.