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(William Jefferson Blythe, Jr.)
(Virginia Dell Cassidy)
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==Virginia Dell Cassidy==
 
==Virginia Dell Cassidy==
<table><tr><td>Virginia Cassidy was born [[Jun 6]], 1923 in Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas to James Eldridge Cassidy and his wife Edith Grisham.  She grew up in the area of Hope where her father was a truck driver and her mother was a nurse.  She was married five times, twice to the same man.
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<table><tr><td>Virginia Cassidy was born 6 Jun 1923 in Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas to James Eldridge Cassidy and his wife Edith Grisham.  She grew up in the area of Hope where her father was a truck driver and her mother was a nurse.  She was married five times, twice to the same man.
  
In 1943 Virginia Dell "Ginger" Cassidy was at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport studying to be a nurse.  While there she met William Jefferson Blythe Jr who would become her first husband.  On [[Apr 24]], 1943, he had enlisted or re-enlisted in the Army.  They were married [[Sep 3]], 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas.  He then, in mid-October, went for a tour of duty overseas for World War II.  Virginia finished up her training and went back to Hope where she lived with her parents and worked as a nurse.  Just after Bill returned in December 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for three months, where "...Bill had a job waiting for him... selling heavy equipment...." (Maraniss p27)
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In 1943 Virginia Dell "Ginger" Cassidy was at Tri-State Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana studying to be a nurse.  While there she met William Jefferson Blythe Jr who would become her first husband.  On 24 Apr 1943, he had enlisted or re-enlisted in the Army.  They were married 3 Sep 1943 in Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas.  He then, in mid-October, went for a tour of duty overseas for World War II.  Virginia finished up her training and went back to Hope where she lived with her parents and worked as a nurse.  Just after Bill returned in December 1945, he and Virginia went to live in Chicago, Cook County, [[Illinois]] for three months, where "...Bill had a job waiting for him... selling heavy equipment...." (Maraniss p27)
  
 
Virginia and Bill were going to look for a house in Hope and so she returned there and was living there with her parents when she got the news that he had died in an auto accident.  She was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III in 1946, who later became President Bill Clinton.</td><td>http://www.anusha.com/billsmom.jpg</td></tr></table>
 
Virginia and Bill were going to look for a house in Hope and so she returned there and was living there with her parents when she got the news that he had died in an auto accident.  She was pregnant and gave birth to William Jefferson Blythe III in 1946, who later became President Bill Clinton.</td><td>http://www.anusha.com/billsmom.jpg</td></tr></table>
 
<table><tr><td>http://www.bjsmusic.com/bjsvk.gif</td><td> Virginia was still living with, or near, her parents in Hope, when she met her second husband Roger "Dude" Clinton.
 
<table><tr><td>http://www.bjsmusic.com/bjsvk.gif</td><td> Virginia was still living with, or near, her parents in Hope, when she met her second husband Roger "Dude" Clinton.
  
Roger "Dude" Clinton was born [[Jul 25]], 1909 in Dardenelle, Yell County, Arkansas but had moved with his family in 1919 to Hot Springs County.  Around 1946, with his brother's help, Roger had started the "Roger Clinton Buick" Company in Hope, Arkansas.  Roger Clinton and Virginia Cassidy, commonly called Ginger, had one child, Roger Cassidy Clinton on [[Jul 25]], 1956.  In April 1962, while living in Hot Springs, she filed for a divorce which was granted on [[May 15]].  They reconciled and were remarried in August. Dude Clinton died Nov 1967 in Hot Springs.</td></tr><tr><td>'''Virginia with Barbra Streisand'''</td></tr></table>
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Roger "Dude" Clinton was born 25 Jul 1909 in Dardenelle, Yell County, Arkansas but had moved with his family in 1919 to Hot Springs County.  Around 1946, with his brother's help, Roger had started the "Roger Clinton Buick" Company in Hope, Arkansas.  Roger Clinton and Virginia Cassidy, commonly called Ginger, had one child, Roger Cassidy Clinton on 25 Jul 1956.  In April 1962, while living in Hot Springs, she filed for a divorce which was granted on 15 May 1962.  They reconciled and were remarried in August. Dude Clinton died Nov 1967 in Hot Springs.</td></tr><tr><td>'''Virginia with Barbra Streisand'''</td></tr></table>
  
Ginger next married George Jefferson "Jeff" Dwire (b 1926) on [[Jan 3]], 1968 in Hot Springs.  It is unclear at the moment whether he died or they divorced, but she lastly married Richard "Dick" Kelley on [[Jan 17]], 1982.  One of her last public appearances was at a concert by her friend Barbra Streisand.  When she died her name was Virginia Kelley.  She died [[Jan 6]], 1994 at her home in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is buried beside her first husband at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hope. Barbra Streisand attended her funeral. Virginia's last husband Richard survived her.
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Ginger next married George Jefferson "Jeff" Dwire (b 1926) on 3 Jan 1968 in Hot Springs.  It is unclear at the moment whether he died or they divorced, but she lastly married Richard "Dick" Kelley on 17 Jan 1982.  One of her last public appearances was at a concert by her friend Barbra Streisand.  She died 6 Jan 1994 at her home in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is buried beside her first husband at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hope. Barbra Streisand attended her funeral. Virginia's last husband Richard survived her.
  
 
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