Gail Walker Metzger
March 4, 1955 ~ September 8, 2006
Resided in:
Alexander, NC
Gail Walker Metzger, 51, of 28 Bloomingdale Drive, Alexander, died Friday, September 8, 2006, at her home.
Mrs. Metzger was born in Buncombe County and was a daughter of the late Luther Conley Walker. She was a registered nurse at Memorial Mission Hospital and was a member of Foster Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Metzger; one daughter, Becki Metzger of Alexander; one son, Bobby Metzger and his wife, Kezaih, of Alexander; her mother, Ivaleigh Gilliam Walker of Asheville; three sisters, Judy Henderson of McDonald, TN, Teresa Presnell of Hendersonville, and Heidi Sermersheim of Travelers Rest, SC; one brother Luther Walker of Candler, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday at Foster Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Pastor Erin Miller officiating. Private burial will be at the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.
Memorials may be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, PO Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309.
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To The Walkers and the Metzgers:
My thoughts and prayers are with the your family. I have known Gail since Aug 1968 when I first went to Fletcher and the Walkers would come visit her sister, Judy.
In Aug 1970, Gail came to Fletcher as a Freshman. Gail was always funny, adventuresome, witty, friendly, outgoing and loved by all. Gail knew no strangers.
Some years later, Mrs Walker babysat for my children and gave my oldest son a ride to Pisgah Church School. I would run into Gail at the Walkers house, Foster and Fairview Churchs, etc and she was always the same friendly Gail.
Gail will be greatly missed by her friends and family.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Please accept out heartfelt condolences.
Jeremy Shea and family
With heartfelt sympathy for your loss. Gail was a valiant and courageous lady who lost the fight but won the war as she now truly rests in peace. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your families.
Our prayers and thoughts are with you during this difficult time. God bless you!
My Dear Walker Family,
My heart is heavy for you as you experinece this loss. I just loved Gail. It didn’t matter how much time went by between the times we saw each other; she always welcomed me as a neighbor and friend. She saved my life once when I was going to ride my bicycle right into the path of a car. I’ll never forget the times that I spent at your house. I was more than your neighbor. You welcomed me into your home as if I were one of you. My thoughts and prayers will contine to cover each and every one of you.
Love Always.
Kelly D.
You are all in our thoughts and prayers. You have our deepest sympathies.
I loved you, Gail, and enjoyed my time visiting with you. My sympathy to your loved ones. You certainly will be missed. God Bless.
Bob, we are so sorry for your loss of Gail. She was a wonderful, beautiful woman. Our thoughts are with you.
I will miss her dearly. She was such a compassionate and caring person .I enjoyed the times we shared working on mother-baby and will offer up a special prayer for her husband and other family. Gail touched a lot of hearts and was always optomistic about life.God Bless her and her family.
Robert,Becki,Bobbie and Keziah. With heartfelt sympathy for your loss ,Our hearts and prayers are with each one of you.May God bless and comfort you during this sad time and through your life.
We are so sorry for your loss. You are all in our thoughts and prayers. God Bless!
To all of Gail’s family –
It has been my pleasure and delight to have worked with Gail on the Mother/Baby Unit at Mission. I have never known anyone to bring such laughter and fun to a nursing unit. We were all so saddened today to hear the news of the loss of our dear friend and coworker. I have been richly blessed and honored to have known and worked with Gail. May God be with you all during this time.
I can’t bring myself to say goodbye to Gail because she will always be a part of me. We immediately became best friends the moment we met in the first grade, 45 years ago. Since that time, we have shared many, many stories and secrets as well as laughter and tears. Gail was and is my inspiration. She was a woman of great faith and strength, even as she endured hardships, sickness and pain. Gail was a wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and aunt, and she was outstanding in each of these roles. She had a tremendous love for all of her family, and she was so very proud of her children and grandchildren.
But for me, she was my very best friend, and I am a much better person because of that friendship. I love her dearly and will miss her terribly.
For the family, I pray for God’s comfort and strength as you go through this difficult time. May God bless you all.
Dan & I share in your sorrow. We are praying for your strength through this difficult time.
To the Walker & Metzger Families:
May God Bless you all through this very difficult time. Even though I have not seen you all in while the Walker & Metzger family has remained in my thoughts and prayers everyday especially through Gail’s illness. My mother & dad (Homer & Martha) have so many fond, happy memories of Gail as they lived just across the road. They watched her grow up to be the beautiful, kind, compassionate person she was. She will always be in our hearts forever. Our prayers are with you.
my thoughts and prayers are with you.
We are sorry for your lost. You will be in our prayers.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time. We love you Heidi & Ivaleigh.
Misty & Jean
I would like to send thoughts and prayers to Gail’s Family in their time of bereavement. I used to work with Gail at Copestone she was a special person that will be truly missed.
Thinking of each of you in a special way as you go through this tough time. Missing her with you. Lori
So very sorry for your loss. May God keep you all under his wings until you meet her again.
Tom and I send our deepest sympathy with lots of prayers and thoughts for all of you today. We also pray for peace for you all as you go through the days ahead,and as we all look for a speedy reunion soon to be in the coming of Jesus!
Our deepest sympathy in the loss of your wife, mother,and grandmother.
Thoughts and prayers are for your family. Gail was a wonderful and caring person and a good nurse.Good personality with a witty sense of humor.
Veronica from Labor/Delivery @ Mission.