Alabama's last known real daughter of the Confederacy buried in Cullman (al.com)

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CULLMAN, Alabama --- Alabama's last known real daughter of Confederacy, Norma Vivian Smith, was buried {9 Jan 2012} in Cullman.

Smith, 89, who died Jan. 7, was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Denney, a soldier who fought in the Civil War as part of Company H in the 31st Alabama Infantry regiment. Smith's brother, Tyus, lives in Tarrant and is in his 90s.
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According to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Thomas Jefferson Denney was born in 1843. He was about 18 when he enlisted with the Confederate Army.
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He was in his 80s when he married his fourth wife, Smith's mother, Dora, who was a widow in her 40s. The Civil War veteran died at age 91 in 1934.

Daughter Vivian Smith was born on Dec. 22, 1922 in Cleburne County.
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more: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/01/alabamas_last_known_real_daugh.html

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1. Now if only belief in the Confederacy would die too...