Melissa "Lisa" Walker, age 53 of Hyden, Kentucky, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. She was born August 29, 1960 in Leslie County, Kentucky, to the union of the late J.C. and Gertrude Dodson Walker. She was a homemaker and a life long resident of Leslie County. Melissa is preceded in death by her parents and one sister: Deborah Walker. Melissa is survived by two sons, Rodney Collins of Hyden, KY and Billy John Gray of Whitesburg, KY; one brother, Roger Smallwood of Hyden, KY; A host of other family and friends also survive her passing.