Rev. Dr. Jewett L. Walker Jr.

Dr. Sandra Black Walker, Renowned Educator and First Lady, Passes Away 

Dr. Sandra Black Walker, renowned educator and the first lady and wife of the Rev. Jewett Walker, pastor of Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, passed away on May 6, after a long battle with cancer. She was 70-years-old. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Sandra was born on March 12, 1950 to Bernice Black and Arthur Finley. In 1952, Sandra moved with her mother and older brother, Bobby, to California where her younger brother Michael was born.  Sandra and her brothers attended several elementary schools in Los Angeles and Compton. They accepted Christ in 1960 at Zion Baptist