Ms. Claudetta Anitra Wall, 49, of Winston Salem, NC passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, NC.

Claudetta was born on November 23, 1973 to Claude and Clara Wall in Shelby, NC. After Claudetta graduated from Crest High School in 1992, she went on to study Psychology at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, NC.

After earning both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Psychology, she began a lucrative career as a Licensed Professional Counselor working at children’s homes, Aetna Insurance and CVS. She was passionate about helping others receive the care they needed and ensure their medical and mental health services werefinancially covered by their benefits.

In her youth, Claudetta received the Gold Award as a Girl Scout, was a Cheerleader at Crest High School and Wake Forest University, and was active at Vestibule AME Zion Church where she was a pianist, an usher, a choir member, an acolyte and a member of the Missionary Society’s Buds of Promise. She played the tuba in the Crest High School Marching and Concert Bands and was inducted into the Beta Honor Society. While at Wake Forest, she was a member of the Gospel Choir.

Claudetta was predeceased by her brother Claude Russell Wall; maternal grandparents, John and Vestula McDowell and paternal grandparents Claude Sr. and Freelove Wall.

She is survived by her parents, Claude Jr. and Clara Wall; her brother, Todd and sister-in-law Anika Wall; her niece and nephew Todd Jr. and Victoria Wall; her step-grandmother, Lestina McDowell; aunts, Joretta Wright (Fred Wright), Prelette Tillman, Marie Lawrence, Flora Wall and Virginia Wall; her Godson, Jayden Sullivan and many loving cousins and friends.

Services will be held at Vestibule AME Zion Church on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 11:30 AM. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30am – 11:30AM at the church and also the home, 2423 Elizabeth Ave. Shelby. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Children’s Homes of Clevland County, an organization Claudetta felt strongly about as well as her mother who served 18 years on the board of directors.