Scholarship Donation Made in Memory of Delores Walker

 May 8, 2015 - A new Roughrider Scholarship was established in memory of Delores Ann Walker after a donation was presented in her meJohn Black speaks about Delores Walker.mory on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 during Rotary meeting.

Rotarian John Black spoke, "On behalf of the Jetton Family - Mitchell, Virginia, all the siblings, Michele, Steve, Marcy and our agency (JBA Financial), we want to present to the Catherine Pinkston Roughrider Scholarship Foundation a $5,000 check [in memory of Delores Walker.]"

She graduated from Center High School in 1954 and then attended the Massey Business College in Nacogdoches where she received a degree. In January of 1967, Walker went to work for Mitchell Jetton and McNeil Moore at the then Lake Country Agency where she worked until January of 2015. During 48 years of service, she also was a volunteer with the 4-H program and a volunteer with the Children's Ministry at First Baptist Church. To Mrs. Walker children and students were very special in her life.

From left: Matthew Mettauer, Randy Collard (RSF Trustee), Jerry Pinkston (RSF Chairman), and John Black

Reflecting on his own experiences with Walker, John Black said it was obvious to him when he married Jetton's youngest daughter, Michele, in 1977 how important she was to the family. When Black joined the agency in 1988, Walker took him under her wing just like everyone else.

John Black said, "There was never a more loyal employee or harder worker, never one that I have come across that took the interest of our clients and always wanting to do the very best for them. One of her favorite saying when I would go in and say 'Well, what did you find out about so and so's policy.' She would say, 'well, I'm going to call back until I get the right answer that I want.' That was just her way of doing it. She would be persistent, she would be dogmatic in her efforts of making sure that the clients always got the best possible scenario that they possibly could."

Delores Ann Walker passed away in April of 2015. She is survived by her husband Gene Walker of Center; two children, Laura Walker of Center and Steve Walker and wife, Catherine of Buna; grandchildren; and two brothers.