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Wallace died in Montgomery, Alabama, at 12:34 A.M. May 7, 1968, at home with her husband beside her and the rest of her family, including her parents, just outside her room, and the couple's three youngest children in the next room near it. She was only 41 years old.
Mar 15, 2024 · Lurleen Wallace Official Portrait Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) died from cancer a mere 16 months after taking office as governor of Alabama. Although she had clearly been elected as a stand-in for her husband, George Wallace , Alabamians genuinely mourned the loss of not only the first woman to be elected to the position but also someone ...
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May 7, 2009 · Ken Rudin. May 7, 1968: Alabama's Lurleen Wallace (D), who ran for governor and won in 1966 as a surrogate for her husband, George -- who was barred by state law from seeking re-election --...
Jan 16, 2021 · Lurleen Wallace died May 7, 1968 in Montgomery. She was 41. Her casket was placed in the state capitol on May 9 and more than 25,000 mourners waited in line five hours to pay their respects.
Apr 12, 2017 · Lurleen Wallace died at 12:34 a.m. May 7, 1968, with her husband beside her and the rest of her family, including her parents, just outside her room. She lay in state in the Capitol building May 8 , and people waited as long as five hours to view her silver casket.
The funeral procession for Gov. Lurleen Burns Wallace proceeds along Dexter Avenue toward the Capitol in Montgomery on May 9, 1968. Wallace died after a protracted battle with cancer and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery.
Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) Lurleen Burns Wallace was elected Alabama's first woman governor and the third woman governor in the nation in 1966. The next year she was named one of the Ten Most Admired Women of the World. Mental health facilities in Alabama became one of her primary interests after a visit to Bryce Hospital and Partlow ...
