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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Morgan Wailes Walker Jr.
| name = Morgan Wailes Walker, Jr.<br>
(Businessman, restaurateur, equestrian, farmer, rancher)
| birth_date =November 5, 1928
| birth_date =November 5, 1928
| birth_place = [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Rapides Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
| birth_place = [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<br>Rapides Parish, [[Louisiana]], USA
| death_place =Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
| death_place =Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
| resting place=Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana
| resting place=Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], Louisiana
|spouse=Sue Field Walker<br>
|spouse=Sue Field Walker
Children:<br>
Morgan W. Walker, III<br>
Donald Hancock Walker<br>
Donald Hancock Walker<br>
John Luke Walker<br>
John Luke Walker<br>
|footnotes=
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}}
}}
'''Morgan Wailes Walker Jr.''' (November 5, 1928 – August 12, 2008), was a [[business]]man invested in [[farming]], [[cattle]] [[ranching]], [[catfish]] production, [[restaurant]] management, and [[bank]]ing, originally from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
'''Morgan Wailes Walker, Jr.''' (November 5, 1928 – August 12, 2008), was a [[business]]man invested in [[farming]], [[cattle]] ranching, [[catfish]] production, [[restaurant]] management, and [[bank]]ing, originally from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
==Background==
Walker was one of six children born to [[Morgan W. Walker, Sr.]], a native of Dodson in Winn Parish. Walker's mother, the former Genevieve James (1900–1960), was the youngest of fourteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. William Calvit James, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish. The senior Walker, who graduated with a [[business]] degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], owned Walker Cloverland Dairy, which subsequently became Walker-Roemer Dairy. Beginning with a taxicab service, the senior Walker also established Trans-Continental Bus Lines, the forerunner of Continental Trailways. For a time, Walker, Sr., was also the president of the Rapides Parish School Board and, from 1970 to 1978, was chairman of the board of former Guaranty Bank and Trust Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longrootshighbranches.blogspot.com/2006/08/genevieve-james-walker_115539890861503976.html|title=Deep Roots and High Branches: Genevieve James Walker|publisher=longrootshighbranches.blogspot.com|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref>
Walker was one of six children born to [[Morgan W. Walker, Sr.]], a native of Dodson in Winn Parish. Walker's mother, the former Genevieve James (1900–1960), was the youngest of fourteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. William Calvit James, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish. The senior Walker, owned Walker Cloverland Dairy, which subsequently became Walker-Roemer Dairy. Beginning with a taxicab service, the senior Walker also established Trans-Continental Bus Lines, the forerunner of Continental Trailways. For a time, Walker, Sr., was also the president of the Rapides Parish School Board and, from 1970 to 1978, was chairman of the board of former Guaranty Bank and Trust Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longrootshighbranches.blogspot.com/2006/08/genevieve-james-walker_115539890861503976.html|title=Deep Roots and High Branches: Genevieve James Walker|publisher=longrootshighbranches.blogspot.com|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref>
Walker was reared on the family plantation off Horseshoe Drive in Alexandria. In his teens, he delivered [[milk]] for the family dairy. Like his mother, he became accomplished at horsemanship. He was an [[Eagle Scout]]. He graduated in 1947 after four years of study at the defunct Sewanee Military Academy in [[Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]]. He soon left [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] to work in farming and ranching. In the early 1950s, during the [[Korean War]], Walker joined the Seabees Reserve and was honorably discharged in 1954 from the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/OBITUARIES/80816018/1023|title=Morgan Walker Jr.|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 16, 2008|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref>
Walker was reared on the family plantation off Horseshoe Drive in Alexandria. In his teens, he delivered [[milk]] for the family dairy. Like his mother, he became accomplished at horsemanship. He was an [[Eagle Scout]]. He graduated in 1947 after four years of study at the defunct Sewanee Military Academy in [[Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee]]. He soon left [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] to work in farming and ranching. In the early 1950s, during the [[Korean War]], Walker joined the Seabees Reserve and was honorably discharged in 1954 from the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/OBITUARIES/80816018/1023|title=Morgan Walker, Jr.|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 16, 2008|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref>
==Business acumen==
==Business acumen==