10 Facts About Walker Wood

Walker Wood was an American journalist and politician from Mississippi.

Walker Wood was the 30th Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving from 1926 to 1948.

Walker Wood was born on April 23,1874, in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Walker Wood was the son of William Menefee Wood and Josephine Wood.

Walker Wood was educated in the public schools in the Vicksburg area.

Walker Wood was in charge of the Oxford Eagle from 1892 until he purchased the Senatobia Democrat and started being the editor of that newspaper in 1899.

Walker Wood stopped being the Secretary of State of Mississippi in 1948.

Walker Wood was the president of the Mississippi State Microfilm Department from 1950 until his retirement in December 1956.

Walker Wood died after a long illness on February 3,1957, in a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.

Walker Wood was survived by his wife and two daughters.