Card, Sympathy from Alta Faubus
Object number2007.005.125
DateJune 6, 1991
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Hines,
I have been meaning to write to you for some time but didn't have your address until Cleta called me.
You have been in my thoughts ever since your precious daughter and my good friend left us. Only time can help in those circumstances. I had grown very fond of Jan and I have missed talking to her.
Betty and I are planning to go to her grave some day this summer. Sorry I wasn't able to attend her funeral.
I lost my son, Farrell, 20 years ago this month and I still think of him often. One never gets over losing a child. I hope you are both getting along O.K. I am getting around on a walker but I feel very well. I will be 84 in August. If I ever get over your way, I will stop and see you, and if you ever come through Huntsville, I hope you will stop and see me.
My very best wishes to you and your family.
I love you,
Alta Faubus"
Celia Alta Faubus was born in 1912 and she married Orval Faubus in 1931. She was a rural school teacher for some time and later went on to become the editor and publisher of the Madison County Record. Alta and Orval had one son, Farrell Faubus. Alta went on to be the Thirty-sixth First Lady of Arkansas when her husband Orval was elected governor in 1955. She divorced Orval in 1969. Alta died in 2002.
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