Augusta Press · Aug 18, 2026 · Susan McCord

Former Georgia Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker dies

Charles W. Walker Sr., the Augusta businessman who rose to power as the state’s first Black senate majority leader, died Tuesday morning, local leaders have confirmed. Walker, who was in his late 70s, was born to a Burke County sharecropping family. He earned a business degree f…

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