Background
Keener, Walter Ney was born on August 2, 1880 in Lincoln Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Elijah Washington and Rhoda Caroline (Loftin) Keener.
Keener, Walter Ney was born on August 2, 1880 in Lincoln Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Elijah Washington and Rhoda Caroline (Loftin) Keener.
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1902, Bachelor of Laws, 1903.
Editor Lincoln County News, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 1904-1907. City editor Raleigh Times, 1909-1911. Managing editor Durham Sun, 1912-1913.
City editor Charlotte Chronicle, 1913-1914.
Managing editor High Point Enterprise, 1914-1916. Editor Wilmington Dispatch, 1917-1918, Durham Morning Herald, 1918-1929.
Editor in chief latter and Durham Evening Sun, since 1929.
Member North Carolina House of Representatives, 1907-1908. Member of Executive Committee North Carolina State School for Blind and Deaf.
Married Mamie East. Dunn, February 2, 1904 (died 1918). Married second, Ruth Duhling, January 7, 1922. Children: Walter Ney, John Washington, Edward Bruce.