HJR251 Summary

• Honors Mrs. Josephine "Jo" Walker Walton on her 100th birthday on August 22, 2023.

• Recognizes her educational achievements including graduation as valedictorian from Ballard High School and earning an Associate of Arts Degree from Talladega College in 1944.

• Acknowledges her 30 years of service at the VA Medical Center in Tuskegee as a Contract Specialist and six years teaching in the Macon County School System.

• Highlights her extensive leadership roles in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Church Women United, and the Tuskegee-Talladega Alumni Club, including being the first Black woman elected as 2nd Vice President of Church Women United in Alabama.

• Passed by the House on May 31, 2023, and adopted by the Senate on June 1, 2023.