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Lurleen Burns Wallace (born Lurleen Brigham Burns; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 46th governor of Alabama for 16 months from January 16, 1967 until her death on May 7, 1968. She was the first wife of Alabama governor George Wallace, whom she succeeded as governor because the Alabama ...
- George Wallace
- Tuscaloosa Business College
- 4, including George III
- Democratic
Apr 30, 2022 · Daughter of Henry Morgan Burns and Estelle Burroughs Wife of George Wallace, Governor of Alabama Mother of Private . Managed by: Private User Last Updated: April 30, 2022
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- George Wallace, Governor of Alabama
- Alabama
- September 19, 1926
Apr 12, 2017 · Lurleen Burns was born to Henry and Estelle Burroughs Burns of Tuscaloosa. In 1942 she graduated from Tuscaloosa County High School at age 15 by taking summer classes. She then worked at Kresge’s Five and Dime in Tuscaloosa, where she met George Wallace.
Mar 29, 2023 · Born 19 Sep 1926 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Henry Morgan Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns. [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of George Corley Wallace — married 21 May 1943 [location unknown] Descendants. Mother of [private son (1950s - unknown)] Died 7 May 1968 at age 41 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama ...
- Female
- September 19, 1926
- George Corley Wallace
- May 7, 1968
Mother: Estelle Burroughs Burns Husband: George Wallace (m. 22-May-1943, until her death) Daughter: Bobbi Jo Parsons Daughter: Peggy Sue Son: George Wallace, Jr. Daughter: Janie Lee Governor of Alabama 1967-68
- September 19, 1926
- May 7, 1968
Lurleen Burns Wallace was born on September 19, 1926, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Henry and Estelle Burroughs Burns. She worked in a Tuscaloosa dime store where she met George C. Wallace. Sixteen-year-old Lurleen married George on May 22, 1943, and devoted herself to being a housewife and mother over the next twenty years.
Wife of Jacob Harding Burroughs. Mother to Phillip A. Burroughs and Barbara Ann Burroughs.
