After two terms in the state House, Walker was narrowly unseated in the general election held on February 1, 1972, by the RepublicanClark Gaudin, also of Baton Rouge.
A native of Meridian in Lauderdale County in eastern Mississippi, Walker had the maiden name of "Walker" too. Her parents were Rudolph Blanche Walker and the former Maggie Elizabeth George.[1]
Until his death, Walker was married for fifty-six years to Edward E. Walker (1921–1998).[1]
Walker was a charter member in 1956 of the Broadmoor Presbyterian Church at 9340 Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge; she was the captain of its first building fund in 1957. She died at her home in Baton Rouge at the age of ninety-three. She is entombed at Greenoaks Mausoleum in Baton Rouge.[1]