Walker Percy
Walker Percy Walker Percy was born on May 28, 1916 in Birmingham Alabama. ... Walker and his two younger brothers went to live with their father’s first cousin, William Alexander Percy for the rest of their childhood in Greenville, Mississippi. Percy graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1937 with a degree in chemistry. ... During his time there Walker suffered from depression that Dr. ... This time was a major turning point in Percy’s life. ... Walker returned to Greenville in 1946 and that is when he married Mary Bernice Townsend on November 7.