Barbara Jo Walker

Barbara Jo Walker
Walker in 1947
BornMarch 12, 1926
DiedJune 7, 2000(2000-06-07) (aged 74)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Other namesBarbara Jo Walker Hummel
Alma materMemphis State College
TitleMiss America 1947
PredecessorMarilyn Buferd
SuccessorBeBe Shopp

Barbara Jo Walker Hummel (March 12, 1926 – June 7, 2000) won the Miss America pageant in 1947. Walker was from Memphis, Tennessee and competed at the Miss America 1947 pageant as Miss Memphis. After her Miss America reign, she married John Vernon Hummel and had three children; she resided in Memphis, Tennessee with her family until she died in 2000.

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