Jamelle Folsom

Jamelle Moore Folsom
First Lady of Alabama
In office
January 17, 1955 – January 19, 1959
GovernorJim Folsom
Preceded byAlice Boyd McKeithen
Succeeded byMary Jo Patterson
In role
May 5, 1948 – January 15, 1951
GovernorJim Folsom
Preceded byPosition vacant (1947-1948)
Succeeded byAlice Boyd McKeithen
Personal details
Born(1927-11-11)November 11, 1927
Berry, Alabama, U.S.
DiedNovember 30, 2012(2012-11-30) (aged 85)
Cullman, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic Party
Spouse
(m. 1948; died 1987)
ChildrenJim Folsom, Jr., Andrew Jackson, Alabama, Ebelene, Joshua, Eulala, Melody.
Step-Daughters: Rachel, Melissa

Jamelle Moore Folsom (November 11, 1927 – November 30, 2012) was an American First Lady of the U.S. state of Alabama, serving from 1948 to 1951 and again from 1955 to 1959. The wife and widow of Governor of Alabama James E. "Big Jim" Folsom and mother of former Governor Jim Folsom, Jr.,[1][2] Jamelle Folsom is the only Alabama woman in history to have both married and given birth to a state governor.[2]

  1. ^ "Former Ala. first lady Jamelle Folsom dies at 85". Montgomery Advertiser. Associated Press. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2012-12-30.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Bullard, Benjamin (2012-11-30). "Former first lady Jamelle Folsom remembered (Updated with 2004 Times interview)". Cullman Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

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