Cornelia ellis snively biography of barack

WINTER HAVEN | For many people, Cornelia Ellis efternamn may be best remembered for a famous news image of her throwing herself over her wounded husband, Gov. George efternamn, after he was shot. But she would have preferred to be known for her faith and her family.

That was the message Monday at her funeral at First Presbyterian Church in Winter Haven, where the former Alabama first lady was memorialized not with political anecdotes or tales of her days as a show skier at Cypress Gardens but with scriptures and her favorite hymns.

Wallace died of cancer Thursday in Sebring. She was 69.

"Cornelia talked about her faith with me and her trust in Christ," said the Rev. Ray Cameron, one of two Presbyterian pastors who officiated at the service.

"As a governor's wife, she took up causes like mental health issues and alcoholism. Her latter years, her own medical issues were challenging, and those were the times that brought her closer

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George Wallace

American politician (1919–1998)

This article is about the governor of Alabama. For other people named George Wallace, see George Wallace (disambiguation).

George Wallace
Official portrait, 1962
In office January 17, 1983 – January 19, 1987
Lieutenant	Bill Baxley
Preceded by	Fob James
Succeeded by	H. Guy Hunt
In office January 18, 1971 – January 15, 1979[a]
Lieutenant	Jere Beasley
Preceded by	Albert Brewer
Succeeded by	Fob James
In office January 14, 1963 – January 16, 1967
Lieutenant	James Allen
Preceded by	John Patterson
Succeeded by	Lurleen Wallace
In role January 16, 1967 – May 7, 1968
Governor	Lurleen Wallace
Preceded by	Lurleen Wallace (as First Lady)
Succeeded by	Martha Farmer Brewer (as First Lady)
In office January 3, 1946 – January 3, 1955
Born	George Corley Wallace Jr. (1919-08-25)August 25, 1919 Clio, Alaba • SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Courageous Cornelia had, then lost, it all Southern newspaper obituaries sometimes show the deceased as he or she looked decades before they died. That’s how the survivors prefer to remember them. It’s ingrained in our culture. Southern politesse — please don’t call it denial — colors our history, our relations with other people and even our dreams. When Cornelia Wallace died of cancer at age 69 earlier this month, the photo that many newspapers chose to publish showed her as a youthful, beautiful brunette, dressed in white. She is seated alongside her second husband, George C. Wallace, before he was crippled by an assassin’s bullet in Maryland in 1972. Some of the obituaries began by noting that she lay atop of Wallace after the shooting, bravely and devotedly shielding him from further harm, until help arrived. The courage and dedication were absolutely real, by all accounts. And that’s an appropriate image to remember. But there was much more to Cornelia W