Barbara Jo Walker | |
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Born | March 12, 1926 |
Died | June 7, 2000 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 74)
Other names | Barbara Jo Walker Hummel |
Alma mater | Memphis State College |
Title | Miss America 1947 |
Predecessor | Marilyn Buferd |
Successor | BeBe 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.[1] 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.[2][3]