Mollie Walker | |
Walker aged 109 in November 2018 | |
Birth: | 5 February 1909 Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales, UK |
Age: | 111 years, 349 days |
Country: | ![]() |
Unvalidated |
Mary "Mollie" Walker, MBE (born 5 February 1909) is a British supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group.
Biography
Mollie Walker was born in Cadoxton, Wales, UK, on 5 February 1909. Her first car was an Austin 7, which she acquired aged 17. She drove many types of vehicle, and stopped driving aged 103. She taught many people to drive during her life. She married John Walker in 1931, and they had two children: Sheila and Graham.
During World War II, Walker served in the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS). From 1954 to 1979, she worked for Peppard Parish Council. She was later awarded an MBE for her work in the Civil Defence.
Walker currently lives in Kingwood, Oxfordshire, England, in the house that she and her husband built in the 1930s. She is the second-oldest living person born in Wales behind Lilian Priest.
References
- All Validated British Supercentenarians Oldest in Britain
- Mrs Mollie Walker MBE Peppard News