George Nathaniel Walker biography: 10 things about Beaumont, Texas man

Who was George Nathaniel Walker?

George Nathaniel Walker was an American man from Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, United States. He was 10 years younger than his sister Leitah Agnes Walker Heathman and 2 years younger than his brother Gilford Robert Walker.

Born in Texas to James Robert Walker and Ella Belle Jowell Walker, George was the third of five siblings. George and his wife Jessie Ethel Adams Walker, who was 3 years younger than him, have two sons and one daughter.

Aside from Beaumont, George lived in other parts of Texas including Jefferson, Marion County. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. In 1899, his brother Calvin was born.
2. In 1905, his sister Essie Belle Walker Hall was born.
3. On July 31, 1914, his niece Ethel Bird Heathman died at age 8.
4. On August 2, 1914, his grandmother Nancy Elzira Hague Jowell died in Cherokee County, Texas at age 81.
5. On February 1, 1921, Jessie gave birth to their son Dally Elzie Walker in Mount Selman, Cherokee County.
6. On May 25, 1923, his brother Calvin married Lona Pearl Vann Walker.
7. On July 18, 1923, Jessie gave birth to their son Morris Ray Walker.
8. On January 18, 1926, Jessie gave birth to to their daughter Delma Mae Walker.
9. On March 1, 1930, he turned 36.
10. On January 31, 1931, he passed away.

On March 20, 1994, George and Jessie’s great-granddaughter R’Bonney Nola Gabriel was born in Houston, Texas. Representing Friendswood, Texas, Gabriel won Miss Texas USA 2022 on July 2, 2022  at Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel in Houston.

Representing Texas, Gabriel won Miss USA 2022 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA on October 3, 2022. Representing the U.S., she won Miss Universe 2022 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on January 14, 2023.