Jessie Ethel Walker biography: 10 things about Beaumont, Texas woman

Who was Jessie Ethel Walker?

Jessie Ethel Adams Walker was an American woman from Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, United States. She was born in Texas to J.R. Adams and Delilah Young.

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

1. She was 3 years younger than her husband George Nathaniel Walker.
2. She and George have two sons and one daughter.
3. On February 1, 1921, she gave birth to Dally Elzie Walker in Mount Selman, Cherokee County, Texas.
4. On July 18, 1923, she gave birth to Morris Ray Walker.
5. On January 18, 1926, she gave birth to Delma Mae Walker.
6. On January 31, 1931, her husband George died at age 36. He was buried in Beaumont.
7. On April 30, 1932, her father-in-law James Robert Walker died in Beaumont at age 76.
8. On March 11, 1947, her mother-in-law Ella Belle Jowell Walker died at age 83.
9. On July 20, 1959, she turned 62.
10. On May 10, 1960, she passed away.

On March 20, 1994, Jessie and George’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.