Elizabeth Jane Walker died on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at the age of 90 in Naples, Florida, according to the Exeter News-Letter/Hampton Union.
Born Jane Rowan on January 2, 1936, in Baldwyn, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Edward and Rosa Morgan Rowan. She graduated from Mississippi College in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts in History, alongside a double minor in Bible and Secondary Education.
After finishing college, she met an Air Force pilot named John Walker while he was stationed at Greenville Air Force Base. They married on April 12, 1959, in Greenville, Mississippi, before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, and later to Hampton, New Hampshire.
She began her professional life teaching history. After taking time away from the workforce to raise her children, she earned a real estate license and worked as a realtor until her retirement.
Beyond her private career, she dedicated many years to public service. She served on the Hampton School Board, in the New Hampshire State Legislature, and concluded her political career as a Rockingham County Commissioner.
She was a member of Seacoast Community Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and later attended First Naples Church in Florida. After retiring, she and her husband spent their winters in Bonita Springs, Florida, before moving there full-time. In her personal life, she enjoyed spending time with family in New Hampshire and Florida, researching her family heritage, traveling, and sewing.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Walker; her parents, Edward and Rosa Rowan; and her siblings, Mary Johnson, Paul Rowan, and Ann Cagle.
She is survived by her daughters, Donna Walker, Beth Walker-Fenton and her husband Steve, and Susan Ryan and her husband Jim. She also leaves behind three grandchildren—Cara Santos, Joshua Ryan, and Erin Ryan—along with numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, located at 811 Lafayette Road in Hampton. A service will take place at the funeral home immediately following the visitation, with burial remaining private.
Family members requested that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be directed to Samaritan’s Purse or the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.