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A TRIBUTE TO JOHN W. WALKER

Civil rights attorney and Arkansas State Representative John Winfred Walker died on Monday, October 28, 2019, at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The following manuscript is from the tribute I paid to him on Friday, November 1, 2019, during the celebration of his life at St. Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock. TRIBUTE TO JOHN W. WALKER ©Wendell Griffen, 2019 Friday, November 1, 2019, 11 A.M. St. Mark Baptist Church Little Rock, Arkansas PASTOR RONNIE MILLER-YOW [1] PASTOR PHILLIP POINTER [2] REVEREND CLERGY BELOVED FAMILY OF JOHN W. WALKER PUBLIC OFFICIALS MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE FAMILY OF GOD        I will forever be thankful to God for the blessing of John Walker’s fellowship and example, and I thank his family for permitting me to pay tribute to him in this hallowed place.   Yesterday was All Saints Eve. [3] Today, November 1, is All Saints Day.   It is not lost on me that we are in this hallowed place on All