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Volunteers have spruced up the burial site of banking pioneer Maggie L. Walker, whose headstone sits to the left of the large cross in Evergreen Cemetery. The three headstones, right, mark the graves of her husband, Armistead Walker Jr., and their two sons.

Volunteers have spruced up the burial site of banking pioneer Maggie L. Walker, whose headstone sits to the left of the large cross in Evergreen Cemetery. The three headstones, right, mark the graves of her husband, Armistead Walker Jr., and their two sons.

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