Background
Walker, Joseph Hillary was born on April 7, 1919 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Hillary Senior and Nora D. (Arnold) Walker.
Walker, Joseph Hillary was born on April 7, 1919 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Hillary Senior and Nora D. (Arnold) Walker.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Alabama, 1941, Juris Doctor, 1947.
Bar: Alabama 1947, Tennessee 1947, United States District Court (western district) Tennessee 1947, United States Court Military Appeals 1956, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1956.Sole practice, Ripley, Tennessee, 1947-1976. Senior member Walker & Walker, Ripley, 1976. Member Tennessee House of Representatives, 1949-1951, Tennessee Senate, 1951-1953.
Chairman of the Board Farmers Union Bank, Ripley, 1964-1986.
Director Lauderdale Devel.Corp., Ripley. President Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1959, member 1965.
Chairman Lauderdale County Board of Education, 1964-1967. Trustee Lauderdale County Hospital,1962-1989.
Deacon Baptist Church, 1954, treasurer, 1962.
Trustee Union University, 1970.
Member Sigma Nu.; Lodge: Rotary.
Married Ann Tucker, December 31, 1944. Children: Joseph Hillary III, Harriet East., Mildred Katherin, Bonnie Jo.