Private Life
Walker was born in Taylorsville in Smith County in south central Mississippi. He attended public schools in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and in Taylorsville and Mize, also in Smith County. In 1936, he attended Baptist-affiliated Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. During World War II, he served in the United States Army. After his military duties, he worked as a chicken farmer in his native Smith County. He was the president of Walker Egg Farms, Inc., in Mize, and from 1937 to 1963, the owner of Walker’s Supermarket. In 1960, Walker served on the executive committee of the State Game and Fish Commission under Governor Ross Barnett.
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