Sam walton childhood biography questions

Sam Walton (March 29, - April 5, ) was the founder of the giant American retailer Wal-Mart.

He died a billionaire but was known for driving a pick-up truck instead of an expensive car.

Biography

Walton was born to Thomas Gibson and Nancy Lee Walton near Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

There he lived with his parents on their farm until Sam's father decided farming did not generate enough income on which to raise a family, so he decided to go back to a previous profession of a farm loan appraiser. So he and his family (now with another son, James, born in ) moved from Oklahoma to Missouri.

There they moved from one small town to another for several years. While attending 8th grade in Shelbina, Sam became the youngest Eagle Scout in the state's history.

Walton excelled physically in high school, playing basketball and football as starting quarterback for Columbia's Hickman High School in , when they won the state title.

While at Hickman, he also served as vice p