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In retirement Walker remained among ULM's civic boosters and was a familiar face at University of Louisiana at Monroe Warhawks football games and other university events.<ref name=walker/>
In retirement Walker remained among ULM's civic boosters and was a familiar face at University of Louisiana at Monroe Warhawks football games and other university events.<ref name=walker/>
Walker authored numerous academic and professional journal articles as well as several books on accounting and business education.<ref name=obit/> Of his five copyrighted books, two were written during his retirement, ''The Building of a University'' (1991), which examines the early years of ULM, and the biographical ''Emy-Lou Biedenharn: Her Life and Legacy'' (1999).<ref name=obit/>[[Emy-Lou Biedenharn]] was a world-renowned contralto from Monroe and the daughter of Joseph A. Biedenharn, the first bottler of [[Coca-Cola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bmuseum.org/historic-biedenharn-home/|title=Biedenharn Museum & Gardens|publisher=bmuseum.org|accessdate=December 31, 2019}}</ref>
Walker authored numerous academic and professional journal articles as well as several books on accounting and business education.<ref name=obit/> Of his five copyrighted books, two were written during his retirement, ''The Building of a University'' (1991), which examines the early years of ULM, and the biographical ''Emy-Lou Biedenharn: Her Life and Legacy'' (1999).<ref name=obit/> Emy-Lou Biedenharn, the first bottler of [[Coca-Cola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bmuseum.org/historic-biedenharn-home/|title=Biedenharn Museum & Gardens|publisher=bmuseum.org|accessdate=December 31, 2019}}</ref>
In 1938, Walker married the former Mary Ellen Neal (1911–2002), his college sweetheart. They had a son, George T. Walker, Jr., of Monroe and a daughter, Ellen Claire Stephenson of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]]. Walker died of a lengthy illness at the age of ninety-eight. In addition to his children, Walker was survived by five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>
In 1938, Walker married the former Mary Ellen Neal (1911–2002), his college sweetheart. They had a son, George T. Walker, Jr., of Monroe and a daughter, Ellen Claire Stephenson of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]]. Walker died of a lengthy illness at the age of ninety-eight. In addition to his children, Walker was survived by five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>