Cecelia "Celie" Louise Walker Dailey

Cecelia “Celie” Louise Walker Dailey, born March 27, 1958 in Aiken, SC, lost her battle with COPD at 5 PM on Halloween, 2025.

She was the daughter of John Ward Walker and Pauline “Polly” Staub Galyon Walker, and stepmother Carolyn G. Walker.

Celie attended Spring Valley High School in Columbia, SC, Mississippi State College, and Midlands Tech, where she received her Associate’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. She started her career at Charleston Naval Shipyard, and after base closure, was hired by Milcom as an AutoCAD operator. She was a superstar draftsman who wrote scripts to improve the efficiency of her work and was revered by her colleagues for her expertise and enthusiasm. In 2014, she took off to work in solar energy at SunEdison in Denver, CO. She concluded her career at Indus Technology back home in Charleston, SC.

Celie loved baking cakes, especially for birthdays, and live music, especially excellent guitarists. She was an avid reader of science fiction, member of Mensa, plant lover, and patron of the arts. Celie was independent, kind-hearted, and never met a stranger. She was a firecracker and a loyal friend.

She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Polly Walker, stepmother Carolyn, and longtime partner, Charles "Chuck" Paul Bigbee, Jr.

She is survived by her daughter Cecelia Naomi Dailey, son James Walker Dailey (Shree Hickman), black cat Bella, father of her children George P. Dailey, sisters Amy Warren (Mack) and Hope Wood, brother John Albert Walker, nephew John Warren, nieces Sherry Warren (Kirill Simin) and Christina Wood, great nephew Solomon Simin Warren, stepsisters Debra Webster (Ray), Ginny Weatherford, Elaine Diamond, and Becky Lawhead (Mike), stepbrothers Lucian Weatherford (Mary Lou) and Eddie Weatherford, and brother-in-law Everette Bigbee. She will always be missed.

Memorials can be given in her name to Pet Helpers (1447 Folly Rd., Charleston, SC 29412).

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to McAlister-Smith Funeral and Cremation – West Ashley, 2501 Bees Ferry Road, Charleston, SC 29414, 843-722-8371.