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Lillian Walker (politician)

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Lillian W. Walker
Louisiana State Representative for
East Baton Rouge Parish
In office
1964–1972
Preceded byFour at-large members:
William F. "Bill" Bernhard, Jr.
Eugene Webb McGehee
A. T. Sanders Jr.
Jack M. Dyer
Succeeded byClark Gaudin (single-member district)
Personal details
Born(1923-05-08)May 8, 1923
Meridian, Mississippi
DiedDecember 22, 2016(2016-12-22) (aged 93)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Resting placeGreenoaks Mausoleum in Baton Rouge
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEdward Everett Walker (married c. 1942-1998, his death)
ChildrenEdward Theodore Walker
Betti Helen Walker Buhler
Parent(s)Rudolph Blanche and Maggie Elizabeth George Walker
Residence(s)Baton Rouge, Louisiana
OccupationInsurance 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

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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.[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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lillian W. Walker". The Baton Rouge Advocate. December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by
Four at-large members

William F. "Bill" Bernhard, Jr.
Eugene Webb McGehee
A. T. "Apple" Sanders, Jr.

Jack M. Dyer
Louisiana State Representative for East Baton Rouge Parish
1964–1972
Succeeded by