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Name

Naylor, Walter Estes "Dub"

Born

08/19/1908

Birthplace

Palestine, Texas

Places of residence

Austin with all TDPS positions
Venezuela with Gulf Oil Company
Dallas with post-TDPS positions

Father

Henry Walter Naylor

Mother

Johnnie Bell Naylor

Education

Texas A&M University, 1928-1930

Notes

Enlisted, Highway Patrol, October 15, 1931
Transferred, TDPS Bureau of Intelligence, March 1, 1936
Temporary Texas Ranger assignment, January 1, 1937 to November 1 (or May 5?), 1937
Temporary Texas Ranger assignment, June 28, 1938 to July 1, 1939
Transferred to Texas Rangers (Headquarter Company?), September 1, 1939
Transferred, TDPS Bureau of Intelligence, December 1, 1946
Resigned, June 11, 1948
Reinstated, TDPS Bureau of Intelligence, November 1, 1951
Transferred, Narcotics, September 1, 1953
Resigned, August 41, 1968

Walter Estes "Dub" Naylor was born Aug 19, 1908 in Palestine, Texas. After attending Texas A & M University for two years, Mr. Naylor joined the Texas Highway Patrol in November 1931. He served in the Highway Patrol until transferring to the DPS Bureau of Intelligence in March 1936. In January 1937, Naylor was transferred to the Texas Rangers, continuing special assignment as a Criminal Investigator with the Bureau of Intelligence and the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory. This special assignment lasted until September 1939. Naylor continued serving in the Texas Rangers until December of 1946 when he again transferred into the Bureau of Intelligence. In June of 1948 Naylor resigned from DPS in order to help Gulf Oil Company set up a security division in their Venezuela office. November 1951 found him reinstated as a Chief Special Investigator with the DPS Bureau of Intelligence. He was promoted in September 1953 to Chief of the Narcotics Division, a position he held until resigning August 31, 1968. Naylor continued to do security and investigative work until his death August 23, 1978.

Occupation

Texas Highway Patrolman, 1931-1936
TDPS Investigator, Bureau of Intelligence, 1936-1939
Texas Ranger, 1939-1946
TDPS Investigator, Bureau of Intelligence, 1946-1948
Security Consultant, Gulf Oil Company, 1948-1951
TDPS Chief of Investigations, Narcotics and Bureau of Intelligence, 1951-1968
Security Investigator, L.T.V. Aerospace, 1968-1971
Free-lance Investigator, 1971-1973
Security Chief, R.N. West Security Consultant
Field Supervisor and Investigator, Wackenhut Corporation, 1974-1976
Director of Security, Steck Warlick Company, 1976-?