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Ava Gardner. Actress: The Night of the Iguana. Ava Lavina Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 in Grabtown, North Carolina, to Mary Elizabeth (née Baker) and Jonas Bailey Gardner. Born on a tobacco farm, where she got her lifelong love of earthy language and going barefoot, Ava grew up in the rural South. At age 18, her picture in the window of her brother-in- law's New York photo studio...
When Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on 24 December 1922, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jonas Bailey Gardner, was 44 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Baker, was 39. She married Joseph Ninian Yule II on 10 January 1942, in Ballard, Santa Barbara, California, United States.
Jonas Bailey Gardner. start time. 21 January 1902 Gregorian. 1 reference. ... Mary Elizabeth Mollie Gardner (Baker) (22 Nov 1883 - 21 May 1943) 0 references . Sitelinks.
Happy Father's Day! Jonas Bailey Gardner was Ava's beloved father, whose green eyes and cleft chin she famously inherited. Unafraid of hard work, Jonas Gardner built a life for his family in North...
Country Girl. Ava Gardner was born in a small North Carolina farming community in Johnston County named Brogden, also known by the nickname “Grabtown.”. Her father, Jonas Bailey Gardner, was of mixed descent — Irish Catholic and Tuscarora American Indian. At the time of Ava’s birth in 1922, he owned a cotton and tobacco farm, which he ...
Mar 17, 2024 · Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 in Brogden, North Carolina USA to Jonas Bailey Gardner and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Gardner, and died at age 67 years old on January 24, 1990 in London United Kingdom.
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 19527820. Source citation. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1971-1977 and was re-elected shortly before his death in 1981. He served in the US Army Infantry during WW II. He founded the Gardner-Creech Oil Company in Smithfield, NC, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the ...
