Joseph Edison Walker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Edison Walker

American businessman

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1879

Place of Birth: Copiah County, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1958

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Joseph Edison Walker (March 31, 1879 – July 28, 1958) was a leading African American physician, businessman and religious leader.
After graduating from college and medical school, he practiced as a doctor in Mississippi, where he was born and reared.
He also became president of a bank and an insurance company serving blacks.
In 1920 he moved with his family to Memphis, Tennessee for more opportunities. With associates he founded the Universal Life Insurance Company in 1923, which became one of the largest black-owned insurance companies in the nation under his leadership through 1952.
With his son, in 1946 he founded Tri-State Bank, also of Memphis.
He also founded the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, a non-denominational church in Memphis.