A limb has fallen from the family tree.
I keep hearing a voice that says, "Grieve not for me.
Remember the best times, the laughter, the song.
The good life I lived while I was strong.
Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you.
Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through.

Mt. Walter Thomas Palmer, II, age 103, Macon, North Carolina departed this life on Monday, August 5, 2024 at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia.

Memorial Services will be conducted on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12noon, in the sanctuary of Jordan Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 1683 Wise Five Forks Road, Macon, NC 27551. The Reverend Rickie Bell, Pastor will officiate.

He leaves to cherish his memory: three children, Walter Palmer III, Debra Palmer and Donald Palmer; six grandchildren, Jasmine, Walter IV, Lilly, Savannah, Darius and Jada; one sister, Mary Leonard (age 102); along with a huge circle of nieces, nephews, cousin, church family and friends.

There will be no public viewing.

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts- spirit beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back- length of life.