Walker, Robert B.

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Robert Baume Walker

Robert Baume Walker was born on July 5, 1909, in Schenectady, New York to Emily Baume and Robert Walker. He is a graduate of Port Chester High School and of Northeastern University, Boston. In Rye his family lived at 65 Hill St. and were members of the Presbyterian Church.

He married Miss Virginia Shell of Sherman, Texas in 1935.

Robert served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served in the China – Burma – India Theatre (CBI) where he served as a procurement officer.

Robert Walker Made Captain
Captain Robert B. Walker, of Rye, has been promoted from the rank of first lieutenant as an officer in the Army Exchange Service in the India-Burma theater of operations, it was announced today. Capt. Walker received his commission in 1942 after completing a course at the Army School at Princeton University and at the Transportation Corps Officer’s School at Fort Slocum, New Rochelle. He has been in India since January, 1944, where he is procurement officer for supplies for Army post exchanges.
Before entering the Army, Capt. Walker was a buyer for the W. W. McClellan Company in New York. He is a graduate of Port Chester High School and of Northeastern University, Boston.
His wife and son reside in Larchmont. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker live at 65 Hill Street, Rye.

Robert served four years in India as a buyer for the Post Exchange in the CBI Theatre. He returned home and soon moved with his family to live in Fairhope, AL.

He came to Fairhope in 1947 and opened Shell’s 5&10 Store, which he owned and operated until 1974. After, he had been semi-retired, operating Fairhope Fabrics until the time of his illness.

Robert B. Walker, 75, of Fairhope, died April 30, 1984. Services were held at Fairhope Memory Gardens with Sr. Andrea Coleman officiating.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, Virginia Shell Walker, Fairhope; two sons, Robert Shell Walker, Cullman, and Pellum Walker, Fairhope; one sister, Emily Sweeney, Sarasota, Fla.; and three grandchildren.