Horace Mann’s Ricky Walters selected Agent of the Year for 2022

Published 2:24 pm Thursday, April 20, 2023

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Inducted into the Horace Mann Hall of Fame
By C.Y. Peters
Ricky Walters was inducted into Horace Mann’s Hall of Fame on April 13, 2023, and received Agent of the Year for 2022. Rick accepted the award and was inducted in Athens, Greece. Walters, LUTCF, FSS, has operated Horace Mann Insurance in Elizabethton for 29 years.
Horace Mann is the nation’s largest multiline insurance company focusing on educators’ insurance and financial needs.
Before he was with Horace Mann, he was a state trooper in South Carolina. Walters was a part of the 278th Army Cavalry Regiment for the National Guard for 27 years, where he retired as a major. He was deployed for Desert Storm in 1991 and again for Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004-2005. Walters has two sons, Kaleb and Seth, two daughters, Mayghan and RuthAnn, and six grandchildren, who are his pride and joy.
Walters is very active in our community. He announces the T.A. Dugger football games, and the High School Jr. varsity football games. He helps lead the Cyclone Touchdown Club for the high school and umpires the baseball games for TSSAA. He has coached basketball, football, and baseball teams for many years. He was also a president of the American Legion Post 49, and he volunteers for the VFW in Elizabethton. Ricky has a heart of gold and has worked so hard to be where he is today.

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