Jamelle Folsom
Jamelle Moore Folsom | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Alabama | |
| In office January 17, 1955 – January 19, 1959 | |
| Governor | Jim Folsom |
| Preceded by | Alice Boyd McKeithen |
| Succeeded by | Mary Jo Patterson |
| In role May 5, 1948 – January 15, 1951 | |
| Governor | Jim Folsom |
| Preceded by | Position vacant (1947-1948) |
| Succeeded by | Alice Boyd McKeithen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 11, 1927 Berry, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 2012 (aged 85) Cullman, Alabama, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Jim 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 civic leader who served as the First Lady of Alabama 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., Jamelle Folsom is the only Alabama woman in history to have both married and given birth to a state governor.