Althea “Alfie” (O’Brien) Walden
Althea “Alfie” (O’Brien) Walden, age 63, of Jellico, Tennessee passed away Monday, June 17, 2024, at Baptist Health Corbin. She was born January 23, 1961 in Jellico.
Alfie is preceded in death by her husband, Emil Walden; grandson, Gabriel Jones; father, Samuel John O’Brien, Sr.; mother, Macy (Bowlin) Ivey O’Brien; siblings, John Grady O’Brien, Henry Roland “Silo” Ivey, twins, Jay and Kay Ivey, Robert Ray “Bobby” Ivey, Emmaline O’Brien Ramsey and husband Frank, James Marian O’Brien, Samuel John O’Brien, Jr., Alice Faye O’Brien, Ward Walden and husband Doug, and Rose Marie O’Brien; paternal grandparents, James Granville O’Brien and Emmaline Strunk O’Brien; maternal grandparents, Kelly and Verna Bunch Bowlin; brothers and sisters-in-law, Glenda O’Brien, Albert Fuston, Jerry Downs, Mitton Davis, Wayne Hudson, Jolene O’Brien, Joe Walden, Linda McCloud, Delano Smith, Wiley Walden, and Jim Walden.
She is survived by children, Angela O’Brien, Patsy Manis, Emily Gibson and husband Jay, Lynn O’Brien and husband Michael, Katie Walden, Samantha Walden and Tristan, Jacob Jones; grandchildren, Mandy Alsip and husband Stevie, Michael O’Brien, Jr., Jaden Gibson, Reagan Gibson, Savannah O’Brien and Stryder, Jonah O’Brien, Matthew Jones, and Harper Brown; great-grandchildren, Lakyn Alsip, BellaGrace Alsip, and Mason Silcox; siblings, Jimmy Lee O’Brien and wife Dora, Paul Edward O’Brien, Verna Vivian Ivey Fuston, Margaret O’Brien Downs, Joie Dean O’Brien Davis Hudson, Jesse O’Brien and wife Melissa, Billy Gene O’Brien, and Michael David O’Brien and wife Lynn; sisters and brothers-in-law, Esther O’Brien, Wilma Ivey, Teresa O’Brien, Johnny Smith, Louise Walden, Sam Walden and wife Diane, David Walden and wife Shelia, Bobbie Smith, and Margaret Walden; and a host of nieces, nephews, friends and family mourned her passing.
Funeral service was Saturday, June 22, at the Harp Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial followed in the Douglas Cemetery in the Wooldridge community.
Harp Funeral Home of Jellico in charge of arrangements.




