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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 277.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Feb 2008.
Walker honored with book signing party
Photo by Vickie Mason Cocke County Historian E. R. Walker III signed copies of his latest book - Cocke County, Tennessee: Pages from the Past - at a book signing party hosted by the Newport Plain Talk and friends on Sunday afternoon at First United Methodist Church's Nurture Center. The book features selected columns Walker penned for the Newport Plain Talk from 1996-2001. More copies of Walker's book have been ordered and will be available at the Plain Talk's office at $21.94 each. Front row, from left, are Claire Walker, the author's daughter; Walker, and Cindy Walker, his wife. Standing from left are the party's hosts: Duay O'Neil, Kathy Williams, Pauline Proffitt, and Sandy Webb.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 27 Jul 2010.
Walker to sign books on Wednesday
E. R. Walker, III, left, Cocke County Historian, presents a copy of his latest book, Newport, Tennessee: Pictures from the Past, to Stokely Memorial Library Assistant Marie Kozlik. Walker will autograph copies of the volume on Wednesday, July 28, from 3-5 p.m. at a book signing at US Bank.
Author: Duay O'Neil
NEWPORT-Cocke County Historian E. R. Walker, III will be signing copies of his latest book on Wednesday, July 28, from 3-5 p.m. at US Bank.
Newport, Tennessee: Pictures from the Past features nearly 150 pages of photos, some of which date to pre-1900, of Newport and its leading citizens.
The earliest known "pictures" of downtown Newport are included. They are three sketches first published in a prospectus issued by the Newport Development Company in 1890.
The first sketch shows Main Street looking west from the building which houses the Newport Police Department. In 1890, this was the Click House, a business operated by Dave Click.
Costner-Maloy Funeral Home, at the time a private dwelling, is pictured, as are the Mims Hotel and Store which occupied the site of today's City Hall.
A second sketch looks down on Newport from near today's Baptist Convalescent Center and includes the courthouse and a cluster of houses which sat on the site of Manes Funeral Home.
The third drawing is a view looking at Newport from across the Pigeon River and shows a bridge which was destroyed in a 1902 flood, the Masonic Hall, and both the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the old First Baptist Church.
Walker divides his book into nine chapters: Citizens, Homes, Business/Industry, Education, Scenes, Transportation, Civic Organizations, Religions, and Recreation.
Of special help is a collection of group photo identifications which appears in the back.
Many pictures date from the 1950s-1970s and include shots of such Newport leaders as Lois Reece, Riley Neas, Fred and Elizabeth Jones, Jim and Mary Lou Masters, and Lucy Russell.
Walker's book is now on sale at the Newport Plain Talk and the Chamber of Commerce in Newport and Carpe Librum in Knoxville. Copies will soon become available at Newport Printing.
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1950 - (74 years)
, d. 9 Jan 1990 (Age 66 years) 