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Former Baytonian leads state DRT president general
Mary Macke Walker, a long time Baytown area descendant, becomes president general of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a 6400 member group with 106 chapters. She has served on the state board for nine years and led local chapters, with deep family history in Orange, Liberty, Chambers, and nearby counties. Walker champions strengthening internal DRT structure and a 2003 05 theme stressing unity of purpose while preserving Texas history and Alamo custodianship.
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Mary Macke Walker
Baytown
Mary
Crockett
Children of the
Republic of Texas
Goose Creek
Cedar Bayou
Harts
Chambers
Liberty
Orange Counties
Elizabeth Barrow
Samuel Barber
Solomon Barrow
Barrow
Texas
Samuel
Amos
Susan Ann Hodges
William Henry Hodges
Susanna Dorsett
Mont Belvieu
Jeremiah Day
Frances Hart
Orange County
Hodges
Jeremiah
John Macke Sr
Cedar Bayou Road
Vertie Ann Barber
Humble
Grace Methodist Church
Beta Sigma Phi
Cedar Bayou Chapter 11
Order of Eastern Star
Sam Houston State
Paul Hart
Department
Dallas
United States
DRT
Republic
Alamo