WAYNESBORO, Miss. (AP) — A section of U.S. Highway 84 in Wayne County will be dedicated next week to a Waynesboro police officer who was killed on duty in 2005.
Mississippi Department of Transportation officials say the Corporal James Calvin "Jamie" Walker Memorial Highway will begin at the westernmost intersection with Mississippi Highway 184 and extend to the intersection with John Dykes Road.
The ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in the multipurpose building of the Little Rock Assembly of God Church in Waynesboro.
Walker was shot to death after stopping a suspected car thief near Waynesboro.
The 2009 Legislature approved the highway designation.
Mississippi Department of Transportation officials say the Corporal James Calvin "Jamie" Walker Memorial Highway will begin at the westernmost intersection with Mississippi Highway 184 and extend to the intersection with John Dykes Road.
The ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in the multipurpose building of the Little Rock Assembly of God Church in Waynesboro.
Walker was shot to death after stopping a suspected car thief near Waynesboro.
The 2009 Legislature approved the highway designation.
