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Southern gal at heart!

posted 10 years ago by RvaBread22
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Although Born in Brooklyn and raised in CA, I always got a feeling she was a Southern belle at heart. Something in her voice. Something in her smile. She reminds me a lot of my dear old departed mother. MTM was the Queen of Winchester Virginia's Apple Blosom Parade back in 1993. So I wasn't surprised that on her Daddy's side is all from the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia and she is a directly descended of a Confederate Officer . She has that sweetness about her. Great lady. And a conservative in Hollyweird!

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[–] RvaBread22 9 years ago

Its probably her Virginian heritage on her dad's side. She is a descendant of a Confederate officer.

[–] chinaglenn 9 years ago

Her paternal great-grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tilghman Moore.

Line officer for the 4th Virginia Infantry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Virginia_Infantry

Lewis T. Moore on www.findagrave.com. Died 39 years to the month of MTM's birth.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=moore&GSfn=lewis&GSmn=Tilghman&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=142939322&df=all&;

[–] MyMovieTVRomance 8 years ago

on her Daddy's side is all from the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia and she is a directly descended of a Confederate Officer . She has that sweetness about her. Great lady. And a conservative in Hollyweird! You're right! Come to think of it, she does have that sweetness about her. So glad to find another true southern girl – my lineage also goes back to Confederates. In good company, I see :-) rest in peace to the beautiful, lovely Mary Tyler Moore!

Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!