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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==

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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 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>​

==Death and family==​

==Death and family==​

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Walker died at his home in Covington in [[suburb]]an St. Tammany Parish near [[New Orleans]]. Survivors included his wife, the former Sue Field; three sons, Morgan Walker, III (born 1958), an associate [[professor]] of [[painting]] at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]; Donald Hancock Walker, a financial consultant on [[film]]s in Venice, [[California]]; and John Luke Walker (born November 11, 1960), who served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana; five grandchildren; and brother Edgar E. Walker, Sr. He was preceded in death by four [[sister]]s. Services were held on August 19 at St. James [[Episcopal]] Church in Alexandria. He is interred with other family members at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref name=obit/>​

Walker died at his home in Covington in [[suburb]]an St. Tammany Parish near [[New Orleans]]. Survivors included his wife, the former Sue Field; three sons, Morgan Walker, III (born 1958), an associate [[professor]] of [[painting]] at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]; Donald Hancock Walker, a financial consultant on [[film]]s in Venice, [[California]]; and John Luke Walker (born November 11, 1960), who served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana; five grandchildren; and brother Edgar E. Walker, Sr. He was preceded in death by four [[sister]]s. Services were held on August 19 at St. James [[Episcopal]] Church in Alexandria. He is interred with other family members at Greenwood Memorial Park in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref name=obit/>

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