A. Maceo Walker

Antonio Maceo Walker (born June 7, 1909, in Indianola, Mississippi; died June 8, 1994, in Memphis, Tennessee) was an African-American businessman who served as president of the Universal Life Insurance Company of Memphis, Tennessee.

Biography

A. Maceo Walker the son of Joseph Edison Walker and Lela (O'Neal) Walker. In 1938, he married Harriette Ish, with whom he fathered three children: Lily Patricia Walker, Antonio Maceo Walker, Jr. and Harriette Lucille Walker. 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.

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)

External links

* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n8_v86/ai_15547794 "Jet Magazine" - Obituary (June 27, 1994)]