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N 2016 Kevin was inducted into the Wrights-ville
Beach Waterman Hall of Fame as the
Diving and Local Hero. In 2019 the Friends
of Wrightsville Beach named Nov. 9 as Kevin
Walker Appreciation Day. The partners sold
Carolina Marine Terminal in May 2020.
Always an adventurer in life and business, Kevin was
an avid motorcyclist and surfer, traveling the world with
friends and family in pursuit of roads and waves less
traveled.
His thirst for exceptional surf led him to Costa Rica
in the early ’90s. He fell in love with the country and
people, building a second home in Nosara, where he and
his wife, Tina, were married on Nov. 24, 2021.
A paddle out to celebrate Kevin’s life was held on June 5, 2022 at sunrise
in front of the Surf Club, Wrightsville Beach. Port City Community Church
Senior Pastor Mike Ashcraft shared words of comfort and encouragement.
An estimated 200 attended, including at least four of his TKE fraternity
brothers. Approximately 40 participated in the paddle out itself.
Commercial diver and philanthropist Kevin Walker
was honored during the Friends of Wrightsville Beach
Reunion at the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History
on Nov. 9, 2019. His long-term business partner, Mike
McCarley, donated a diving helmet to the museum to
mark the occasion. Tina and Kevin Walker at the Airlie
Garden Party in 2016.
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