Morgan W. Walker, Sr.
| Morgan Wailes Walker Sr. | |
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| Born |
August 20, 1893 Dodson, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | February 20, 1983 (aged 89) Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businessman: Continental Trailways, Walker-Roemer Dairy, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Genevieve James Walker (1900-1960, married 1922-her death) |
| Children |
Morgan W. Walker Jr. (1928–2008) |
Morgan W. Walker Jr. (1928–2008)
Mrs. E.C. Hall Jr., of Sumter, South Carolina
Mrs. James H. Galloway of Alexandria
Genevieve Walker Owen (1930–2005) of Alexandria, wife of Borron Owen
Martha Annis Walker Horn (1937–2003), wife of Jeff J. Horn, (youngest of Walker children)
Edgar E. Walker Sr. (born 1935) of Tickfaw in Tangipahoa Parish (sole surviving Walker offspring)
Morgan Wailes Walker Sr. (August 20, 1893 – February 20, 1983), was a businessman from Alexandria, Louisiana, who was involved in dairying, farming, bus transportation, hotels, banking, and education.
Walker was a director of the Trans-Continental Bus system, which operated in time in more than forty states. Walker introduced Guernsey cattle into Louisiana as the founder of Cloverland Dairies. He was a past president and founder of Roemer Dairy Processing. He was chairman of the former Guaranty Bank and Trust Company of Alexandria. Walker served on the Louisiana State Mineral Board during the administration of Governor Jimmie Davis.
Walker was born in Dodson in Winn Parish to Ezriah Walker and the former Frances Marian Stovall. When he was nine years of age, young Morgan stepped on a thorn, which resulted in persistent pain in a lower leg. At the age of eighteen, he had the leg amputated at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, but the problem persisted as "phantom pain", later believed to have been caused by a pinched nerve. Walker swore that he would not allow his disability to hold him back from success in life.
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