Barbara Jo Walker Hummel (March 12, 1926 – June 7, 2000) won the Miss America pageant in 1947.

[1] After her Miss America reign, she married John Vernon Hummel and had three children; she resided in Memphis, Tennessee with her family until she died in 2000.

[5] After her Miss America reign ended, she returned to Memphis to finish her college degree and continue teaching Sunday School rather than pursuing an entertainment career.

[3] On June 26, 1948, Walker married physician John Vernon Hummel in Memphis, Tennessee.

[7] She and her husband had three children (two sons and one daughter) including the late Andy Hummel of the Memphis-based power pop band Big Star.