Dally Walker biography: 13 things about US Navy veteran born in Mount Selman, Texas

Who was Dally Walker?

Dally Elzie Walker was an American machinist from Texas, United States. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and a member of the First Church of God.

Walker was born in Mount Selman, Cherokee County, Texas to George Nathaniel Walker and Jessie Ethel Adams Walker. Dally’s younger sister Delma Mae Walker married his fellow U.S. Navy veteran Ellsworth Eugene Weiler of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.

Dally is 1 month older than his wife Hilda Mae Alford Walker. They have one son named and two daughters namely Jeannene Walker Ball and Dana Walker Gabriel, who is married to Remigio Bonson “Bon” Gabriel of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines..

As a machinist, Dally worked for Gulf Oil for 31 years and retired as a main line supervisor. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. On July 18, 1923, his brother Morris Ray Walker was born.
2. On January 18, 1926, his sister Delma was born.
3. On January 31, 1931, his father died at age 36.
4. On November 11, 1942, he and Hilda got married.
5. On March 1, 1945, Hilda gave birth to their son Stephen.
6. In March 1948, Hilda gave birth to their daughter Jeannene.
7. In August 1953, Hilda gave birth to their daughter Dana.
8. On May 10, 1960, his mother died at age 62.
9. On March 20, 1994, his daughter Dana gave birth to R’Bonney Nola Gabriel in Houston, Texas.
10. On January 10, 1996, his brother Morris died at age 72.
11. On March 4, 2009, his wife Hilda died in Beaumont at age 88.
12. On February 1, 2009, he turned 88.
13. On June 26, 2009, he died in Beaumont.

Representing Friendswood, Texas, R’Bonney won Miss Texas USA 2022 on July 2, 2022 at Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel in Houston. Representing Texas, she won Miss USA 2022 at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA on October 3, 2022.

Representing the U.S., R’Bonney won Miss Universe 2022 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on January 14, 2023. She crowned her successor Miss Universe 2023 Sheynnis Palacios at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador on November 18, 2023.