Lillian Walker (politician) explained

Lillian W. Walker
Office:Louisiana State Representative for
East Baton Rouge Parish
Term Start:1964
Term End:1972
Preceded:Four at-large members:
William F. "Bill" Bernhard, Jr.
Eugene Webb McGehee
A. T. Sanders Jr.
Jack M. Dyer
Succeeded:Clark Gaudin (single-member district)
Birth Date:8 May 1923
Birth Place:Meridian, Mississippi
Residence:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Death Place:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Resting Place:Greenoaks Mausoleum in Baton Rouge
Occupation:Insurance agent
Political and social activist
Parents:Rudolph Blanche and Maggie Elizabeth George Walker
Spouse:Edward Everett Walker (married c. 1942-1998, his death)
Children:Edward Theodore Walker
Betti Helen Walker Buhler

Lillian Walker Walker, known as Lillian W. Walker (May 8, 1923  - December 22, 2016),[1] was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, who served two terms from 1964 to 1972.[2]

Biography

After two terms in the state House, Walker was narrowly unseated in the general election held on February 1, 1972, by the Republican Clark Gaudin, also of Baton Rouge.

On November 2, 1982, more than a decade after her state House service ended, Walker was elected to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

A native of Meridian in Lauderdale County in eastern Mississippi, Walker had the maiden name of "Walker" too. Her parents were Rudolph Blanche Walker and the former Maggie Elizabeth George.

Until his death, Walker was married for fifty-six years to Edward E. Walker (1921–1998).[1]

Walker was a charter member in 1956 of the Broadmoor Presbyterian Church at 9340 Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge; she was the captain of its first building fund in 1957. She died at her home in Baton Rouge at the age of ninety-three. She is entombed at Greenoaks Mausoleum in Baton Rouge.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lillian W. Walker. The Baton Rouge Advocate. December 26, 2016. December 29, 2016.
  2. Web site: Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2008 . house.louisiana.gov . December 21, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100331104823/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembers1812_2008.pdf . March 31, 2010 .