The family of Norman William Walton, Jr., and Jimmie Pearl Thomas Walton is iconic. This family showed courage went it counted, rendered valuable community service when it mattered, and promoted educational excellence at home and at work. Norman and Jimmy Walton were also staunch supporters of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s. Above all, the Walton family has been extremely close to the Watkins family for more than seven decades