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About Walker Oil Company<\/p>\n
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H. J. Walker Oil Company, Inc.<\/b>\u00a0was founded in 1969, in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, by Holmon J. Walker, Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n Holmon Walker started in business as a commissioned agent for Humble Oil Company. In 1978, the company became an Independent Distributor for Exxon. Since 1969, the company has grown and expanded with an additional plant located in Tullahoma, Tennessee and a bulk supply plant located in Hollywood, Alabama.<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Walker served in the National Guard, before and during the time that his company was founded, and received several honors and awards:<\/span><\/p>\n -He was commissioned\u00a0<\/span>Second Lieutenant, Artillery<\/span>\u00a0in 1954.<\/span><\/p>\n –<\/span>First Lieutenant, Artillery<\/span>\u00a0in 1955.<\/span><\/p>\n –<\/span>Reserve Commissioned Officer in the grade of Capitan<\/span>\u00a0in 1961.<\/span><\/p>\n -He was commissioned as a\u00a0<\/span>Kentucky Colonel<\/span>\u00a0in 1977.<\/span><\/p>\n -He was named\u00a0<\/span>Brigadier General<\/span>\u00a0in 1982.<\/span><\/p>\n -Awarded\u00a0<\/span>Colonel Aide de Camp, Governors Staff<\/span>\u00a0in 1987.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Following Mr. Walkers death in 1999, the company has been under the leadership of his daughter, Kim Walker Lappin, who serves as President.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Our Team:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n South Pittsburg Plant<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Kim Lappin: CEO\/President<\/span><\/p>\n Julie Wehunt: Secretary<\/span><\/p>\n Frank Cook: Head of Marketing<\/span><\/p>\n Barry Cole: Salesman<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Tullahoma Plant<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Dennis White: Plant Manager<\/span><\/p>\n Deborah Daniel: Office Manager<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Walker Oil CompanyH. J. Walker Oil Company, Inc.\u00a0was founded in 1969, in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, by Holmon J. Walker, Jr. Holmon Walker started in business as a commissioned agent for Humble Oil Company. In 1978, the company became an Independent Distributor for Exxon. Since 1969, the company has grown and expanded with an additional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkeroilcompany.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}