A. Maceo Walker

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A. Maceo Walker (June 7, 1909–June 8, 1994) served as President of the Universal Life Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee.

[edit] Biography

A(ntonio) Maceo Walker was born June 7, 1909 in Indianola, Mississippi to Joseph Edison and Lela (O'Neal) Walker.

He married Harriette Ish in 1938. This union produced three children:

Lily Patricia Walker, (July 26, 1939–June 30, 1985)
Antonio Maceo Walker, Jr.
Harriette Lucille "Candy' Walker (deceased)

He and his father, Dr. Joseph E. Walker, opened the Tri-state Bank & Trust Company (now known as the Tri-state Bank of Memphis) in 1946.

In 1952, Walker became president of the Universal Life Insurance Company in Memphis, Tennessee, which his father founded in 1923. He ran the company until 1983, when he turned over leadership to his daughter Patricia Walker-Shaw. Upon her death in 1985, Walker resumed his position as president until he retired for the last time in 1990.

He died in Memphis, Tennessee on June 8, 1994.

[edit] References

Phelps, Shirelle (editor), "Who's Who Among African Americans", Gale, Detroit and London, 1998 (11th Edition)
Yenser, Thomas (editor), Who's Who in Colored America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in America, Who's Who in Colored America, Brooklyn, New York, 1930-1931-1932 (Third Edition)