Lillian Walker (politician)
Lillian W. Walker | |
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Louisiana State Representative for East Baton Rouge Parish | |
In office 1964–1972 | |
Preceded by | Four at-large members: William F. "Bill" Bernhard, Jr. Eugene Webb McGehee |
Succeeded by | (single-member district) |
Personal details | |
Born | Meridian, Mississippi | May 8, 1923
Died | December 22, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana | (aged 93)
Resting place | Greenoaks Mausoleum in Baton Rouge |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Edward Everett Walker (married c. 1942-1998, his death) |
Children | Edward Theodore Walker Betti Helen Walker Buhler |
Parent(s) | Rudolph Blanche and Maggie Elizabeth George Walker |
Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Occupation | Insurance agent Political and social activist |
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 , 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.[1]
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]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Lillian W. Walker". The Baton Rouge Advocate. December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
- ^ "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2008" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- 1923 births
- 2016 deaths
- Louisiana Democrats
- Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Politicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Politicians from Meridian, Mississippi
- Women state legislators in Louisiana
- American political activists
- Insurance agents
- American Presbyterians
- Burials in Louisiana
- 21st-century American women