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    Cornelia Wallace

    First Lady of Alabama

    Cornelia Wallace (néeEllis, formerly Snively; January 28, 1939 – January 8, 2009) was the First Lady of Alabama from 1971–1978 and the second wife of DemocraticGovernorGeorge C.

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    Wallace attracted national attention on May 15, 1972, when, at the age of 33 she threw herself over her husband when he was shot four times by Arthur Bremer during an assassination attempt at a shopping center in Laurel, Maryland.[1] At the time, Wallace was seeking support in his bid for his party's presidentialnomination.

    Biography

    Wallace was born in Elba in southeastern Alabama to Charles G. Ellis, a civil engineer who died in 1960, and "Big Ruby” Folsom Ellis, former Governor James E. “Big Jim” Folsom's sister. Folsom was a widower and in 1947 invited his sister to be First Lady; Cornelia joined her at eight years of age.[2]

    Wallace attended MethodistHuntingdon College and Rollins College in Winter Park,