Miss Teresa was born to Tessie and William E.  Jackson, Jr. (1888-1972). Her father became locally known as “Billpost” Jackson because of his billboard advertising business. Miss Teresa’s grandmother was Nannie Cox Jackson, an intrepid and beloved domestic science teacher at Jefferson School who generously supported the school’s football team and city lunch program. After Miss Teresa graduated high school from Jefferson School in 1942, she attended Hampton Institute. After passing her final exams, she returned to Charlotteville to teach. She and her first husband, Henderson Day Walker, Sr. had two sons who both became well-respected visual artists.

Miss Teresa taught business and typing at Jackson P. Burley High School, and later became certified in library science, and after integration taught at Lane High School. In 2019, Mrs. Walker-Price was awarded a Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Award. She will be 100-years-young on December 14, 2025.