Late commissioner Walker to be memorialized

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A nascent movement is afoot to rename the Wacissa River Park after the late Commissioner Stephen Walker, who was killed in an automobile accident in Wakulla County several weeks ago. On Thursday evening, Nov. 16, his colleagues on the board paid tribute to Walker and discussed the idea of installing a plaque at the headwaters of the Wacissa River and possibly renaming the site in his honor. A member of the Jefferson County Commission for nearly 12 years, Walker’s was a passionate and abiding advocacy for the protection and preservation of the Wacissa River, as well as for the enhancement of the Wacissa River Park, which became one of his signature p