Background
Walls, Martha Ann Williams was born on April 21, 1927 in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Aubrey Joseph and Inez (Cooper) Williams.
Walls, Martha Ann Williams was born on April 21, 1927 in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Aubrey Joseph and Inez (Cooper) Williams.
Student in public schools, Gadsden.
President, director, Walls Newspapers, Inc., 1969-1970;
secretary, treasurer, director, Summer Camps, Inc., Guntersville, Alabama, 1954-1969;
Chief Executive Officer, president, director, Southern Newspapers, Inc., Houston, since 1970. Vice-president, director Scottsboro (Alabama) Newspapers, Fort Payne (Alabama) Newspapers, Inc. Vice-president, director Bay City (Texas) Newspapers, Inc.
Director Monroe (Georgia)Newspapers, Inc. Secretary, director Military Publs., Inc., Portales, New Mexico. Board directors Liberal (Kansas) Newspapers, Inc., Jefferson Pilot Corporation, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1990-1998, Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company, 1990-1998, Jefferson Pilot Comm., 1990-1998.
Board of directors Montgomery Academy, 1970-1974. Member Society Professional Journalists, The Houstonian.
Married B. Carmage Walls, January 2, 1954. Children: Byrd Cooper, Lissa Walls Vahldiek.