Background
Walker, Jessye Wilma Dorman was born on March 28, 1929 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Daughter of John Albert and Georgia Anna (Hammond) Dorman.
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Jessye Wilma Dorman Walker
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AB, Knoxville College, 1949; Master of Science, Nova Southwestern U., 1985.
Career
Teacher choral music, English, Sims H.S., Union, South Carolina., 1949-1950; teacher music, Douglas H.S., Lillie, Louisiana, 1950-1951; teacher choral music, Booker T. Washington H.S., Columbia, South Carolina., 1952-1954; teacher music, Voorhees Elementary School, Denmark, South Carolina., 1955-1959; teacher 4th grade, Meanscourt Elementary School, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1963-1964; teacher 4th grade, Garden City Elementary School, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1964-1966; teacher 4th grade, Lawnwood Elementary School, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1966-1969; teacher English, reading, St. Lucie Middle School, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1970-1980; teacher choral music, English, reading, Dan McCarty Middle School, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1980-1995; retired, 1996. Group secretary 4th grade St. Lucie County, 1964-1966, chairman 4th grade Lawnwood Elementary School, 1968-1969.
Achievements
Membership
Treasurer Club Utilitas/Teen Center, Fort Pierce, since 1993. Public relations chairman Martin Luther King Junior Committee, Fort Pierce, since 1995. Volunteer American Red Cross, St. Lucie County, since 1991.
Secretary Episcopal Church Women, since 1998. Organist chancel choir St. Simon's Episcopal Church, since 1995. Hostess Retired Educators of St. LucieCounty.
Member Church Women United, 1995. Member American Association of University Women (vice president 1995-1997), League of Vermont Writers (Executive Board 1994-1995), African-American Exposition for Arts (Executive Board since 1990), Links, Inc., Friends of the Library., Alpha Kappa Alpha (president 1991-1993).
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Married John Lee Walker, September 27, 1953. Children: Derryll Shomarka, Marlon, Yvonne, Sia Annual.
