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 Carl Hampton Walker, Sr. & Anna Maude Griggs

Carl Hampton Walker was born in Coinjock, NC on July 9, 1898 and died Oct. 6, 1962 in Raleigh, NC.  He married Anna Maude Griggs, daughter of  Robert Lee & Martha (Newbern) Griggs of Harbinger, NC, in 1921.  Maude was born Jan. 13, 1898 and died in Wilson, NC on Sept. 17, 1969.  Carl attended the University of North Carolina and then returned to Currituck to teach at the Poplar Branch High School. He and Maude moved to Bailey, NC where he continued in education and also was involved in a car dealership. Carl & Maude are buried in Bailey, Nash Co., NC.  Carl & Maude had 4 children:
 
1) Carolyn Davis Walker - born & died in Currituck Co. on Oct. 17, 1922
  2) Carl Hampton Walker, Jr. [see photo below]
  3) baby girl Walker - born & died in Currituck Co. on Nov. 9, 1933
  4) living Walker

[Our thanks to Worth Walker for this information.]

Carl Hampton Walker, Sr. circa 1900

Left to right: Carl Hampton Walker & his brother, William Nathaniel "Bill" Walker.  Photo made at White's Studio in Norfolk, Va. in the Spring of 1899.

University of North Carolina  Graduate

Carl Hampton Walker, Sr. circa 1918 in his Navy uniform

Anna Maude (Griggs) Walker probably in her 20s.

Carl & Maude, possibly at the Outer Banks.

Carl Hampton Walker, Jr. was born Oct. 25, 1926 and died April 30, 1997 in Tucker, DeKalb Co., Ga. He was an electrical engineer and worked for several cities in NC. He was married to Evelyn Ruth Jones (1924-1971) and to Wanda Gail ______ (1946-1999).  In this photo Carl Jr. appears to be about 7 years of age as he's missing some of his front teeth.