Meet Our Staff

Elizabeth Burns

Sales/Graphics Assistant 

Elizabeth Burns is a graduate of Tarboro High School and William Peace University (formerly Peace College), where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in Marketing.

Her background in marketing and sales was strengthened through seven years of experience with the Tarboro-Edgecombe Chamber of Commerce and Edgecombe County Tourism. She later chose to step away from full-time work to become a stay-at-home mom.

Elizabeth currently works part-time as an office assistant with Lake Valley Well Company, while continuing to pursue her passion for promoting local businesses and events in Tarboro and surrounding areas. Joining Welcome to Tarboro Homes & Magazine was a natural fit, allowing her to combine her marketing experience with creativity by designing advertisements for businesses that may not have the time or resources to do so themselves.

In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching her son grow and supporting the sports he loves, along with gardening and cooking.

She welcomes the opportunity to connect and learn more about your business or upcoming events.

John H. Walker

Staff Reporter

John H. Walker, 74, has been writing much of his life, beginning as a sophomore in high school when he reported game scores and statistics for his high school to newspapers in Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss. He and his wife, Stephanie, came to Tarboro in 2012 when he was named editor and publisher of The Daily Southerner. He retired from the newspaper in 2014.

Walker began his professional career as a sportswriter and has covered the 1972 College World Series and Super Bowl VI in New Orleans, along with the Southeastern Conference, Southwest Conference, and Big 12, and was the beat writer for the Houston Oilers in 1987.He has edited newspapers in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Nebraska, and North Carolina and his Bogalusa Daily News was named Louisiana Newspaper of the Year in 2008 and 2009. He continues to write for Welcome to Tarboro regularly and is the editor and publisher of My Tarboro Today, an online newspaper covering Edgecombe County.

John and Stephanie have three grandsons — Alex, a freshman at NC A&T, Dominick, a high school junior, and 8-year-old Trey — and live with a 13-year-old Lab mix rescue, Rex. He is a lifetime Mississippi State fan and an avid baseball fan. He is a past president of the Tarboro Edgecombe Golden Seniors. He serves on the boards of the Salvation Army and the Edgecombe County Veterans Military Museum. He is a member of the Tarboro Historic District Commission and the Edgecombe Tourism Authority.