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Glenn Walker

My father was transferred to Orange, Texas from Laurel,Ms. my sophmore year at USM. I graduated from USM in 1968 and was in the Navy until I received a medical discharged due to a car wreck. In 1969 I moved from Orange, Tx. to Jackson, Ms.

I met my wife Cindy Chism in Jackson, Ms. We dated for 2 years prior to getting married. We have been married for 35 years. We had my daughter Jennifer Hope Walker in 1980 and my son Chris Glenn Walker in 1983. I was employed by Allstate Insurance Co. in 1972 with my last job with Allstate being the Asst. Regional Claim Mgr. over the states of Mississippi, Louisana, and Arkansas with 420 employees working for me throughout those 3 states. I retired after 30 years with Allstate. I have been retired since 2002 and my activities each week consist of playing golf and tennis both two days a week with Friday being my Honey-Do day. Cindy and I travel a good bit and usually go someplace each quarter. My mom, Lena ,died this past May 2012, at an assisted living home in Laurel, Ms. at the age of 95. My daughter Hope graduated from Ole Miss in broadcasting and worked for 3 yrs with WAPT-TV in Jackson, Ms. and is presently teaching speech at Brandon High School. My son Chris went to USM on a tennis scholarship and played tennis for them. He majored in Accounting and he received his graduate and Masters degree from USM. He is presently a CPA with an accounting firm in Jackson, Ms. We have 2 beautiful granddaughters from our daughter, Hope. Our son, Chris, is having a little boy in April, 2013.
Dixie Walker

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