than a Republican, he drew only 14,662 votes (2.3 percent). The Rockefeller-style Republican Gil Carmichael, a former critic of Walker, trailed with 249,779 votes (38.7 percent), as Eastland won handily with 375,102 votes or 58.1 percent. Private life Walker and his wife, the former Dimple Howell (1919-2013), the last surviving of six children of the former Emily Dorilla Johnson (1880-1977) and John Fleming Howell (1882-1967), had two daughters, Treta Walker Butler and husband James of Mize and Jan Walker Magee of Magee. Prentiss and Dimple Walker are interred in Mize at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Legacy Prentiss Walker Lake (originally called Ross Barnett Lake) near Mize is named in his honor. Sources "G.O.P. Threatened in South by Loss of Backlash Vote," October 9, 1966; ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The New York Times (18512003) References External links Sid Salter: "Smith County congregation sends a Republican delegate every 40 years", Jackson Clarion Ledger, August 30, 2004. 1917 births 1998 deaths American grocers United States Army personnel of World War II Burials in Mississippi Businesspeople from Mississippi Farmers from Mississippi Mississippi College alumni Mississippi Independents People from Simpson County, Mississippi People from Taylorsville, Mississippi Politicians from Las Cruces, New Mexico Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi United States Army soldiers 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American politicians New Right (United States)