Former First Lady Passes

Florida Alabama Former Alabama first lady Cornelia Wallace has died at age 69.
by The Associated Press
Published: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 3:21 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, January 08, 2009 - 3:23 pm CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama first lady Cornelia

Wallace has died in Sebring, Fla. She was 69.

Wallace's cousin, Melissa Boyen, said the former first lady, who

died Thursday, had been suffering from cancer.

Cornelia Wallace was the niece of former Gov. James E. "Big

Jim" Folsom. She married George Wallace in 1971, shortly before

his second term as governor, and they divorced in 1978. She threw

herself over her husband when he was shot while campaigning for

governor in Laurel, Md., in 1972.

Funeral arrangements are pending.



(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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