With Our Deepest Respect and Highest Regard

April 3, 1949  -  September 28, 2009

FAMILY

• Married to Patricia – school teacher at Westside Elementary
• Daughter Stephanie – 1988 Northside High School Graduate and 1992 graduate of UGA – Banking Finance
• Twin Grandchildren - Joshua and Amanda Rainey
• Brothers - Jay and Tommy Walker
• Mother - Marian Walker was a retired guidance counselor at Northside High School
• Father - Homer J. Walker Jr. - Mayor of Warner Robins from 1968 - 1972

RELIGIOUS

• Member of First Baptist Church in Warner Robins
• Served as a Sunday School Teacher, Deacon
• Vice Chairman of Stewart Committee

PERSONAL

• 1967 Graduate of Northside High School
• First Northside High School alumni to become Mayor
• Graduate from Georgia College in Milledgeville majoring in Political Science and Public Administration with a minor in Criminal Justice

MILITARY

• Served in the United States Army earning an Honorable Discharge

CIVIC, COMMUNITY, AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Legion
• Loyal Order of The Moose
• Masonic Lodge
• Scottish Rite
• Shriner’s
• Gold Member of Northside High School Booster Club
• Chamber of Commerce Board
• Air Force Association
• Lions Board
• WRING
• Optimist
• 21st Century Partnership
• Museum of Aviation Board
• Houston County Development Authority
• Boys and Girls Club Board
• Jointly Owned Natural Gas Board
• Regional Development Authority
• Georgia Municipal Association

GOVERNMENT

• Only Mayor in the history of Warner Robins to serve for three consecutive terms 1994 to present

PROFESSIONAL

• Residential and Commercial Developer
• PENSAR
• TRIDON

ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER MAYOR WALKER’S ADMINISTRATION

• Promoted and upgraded more women in history of Warner Robins
• Restored Senior Citizen tax exemption in three referendums
• Lowered millage rate for nine consecutive budgets from 14 to 9.25
• Paved and resurfaced more roads in history of Warner Robins
• Middle Georgia Co-Generation Plant
• Annexed more than 17 square miles – increasing Warner Robins from 18 to 35 square miles
• More single-family building permits, commercial, and multi-family permits in history of Warner Robins
• Developed 206 acres heavy industrial park with railroad frontage
• Revitalization east of Pleasant Hill Road with the moving and demolition of 400 sub-standard housing
• Received State Department of HUD Best Practice and First Time Home Buyers Award in the nation
• Recognized as Soil Conservationist of the Year by the Ocmulgee Soil Conservation
• Increased public safety from six million dollars for fire and police protection to 13.6 million dollars while still lowering taxes
• Recognized by the Governor with the Gold, Platinum, and fFve Year Award for Workplace Education
• HUD award for Best Practice Education Program in the Nation
• CLCP Program
• Permanent Warner Robins campus college for Georgia Military College AB degrees
• Permanent campus for Macon State College – Baccalaureate degree
• Permanent campus for Fort Valley State University Graduate School – Masters
• Recipient of Sherill Stafford Good Government Service Award 2003 by the Warner Robins Area Chamber for Outstanding Humanitarian
• Service and Support to Rebuilding Together With Christmas in April