Mary Elizabeth Gardner

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Mary Elizabeth Gardner (Baker)

Also Known As: "Mollie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brogden, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 21, 1943 (59)
Rock Ridge, Wilson, North Carolina, United States (uterine cancer )
Place of Burial: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of King David Baker
Wife of Jack Gardner
Mother of Bappie Cole; Inez Gardner Grimes; Raymond Gardner; Jack Gardner Jr.; Myra Merritt Pearce and 2 others

Managed by: Carlos F. Bunge
Last Updated:

About Mary Elizabeth Gardner

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Birth: Nov. 22, 1883 Brogden (Johnston County) Johnston County North Carolina, USA

Death: May 21, 1943 Rock Ridge Wilson County North Carolina, USA

One of nineteen children, Molly Baker Gardner was the mother of actress Ava Gardner, who was the youngest of her seven children. Sadly, Mrs. Gardner died of uterine cancer on the very day Ava's divorce from her first husband, actor Mickey Rooney, was granted.

Burial: Sunset Memorial Park Smithfield Johnston County North Carolina, USA

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Mary Elizabeth Gardner's Timeline

1883
November 22, 1883
Brogden, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
1903
November 14, 1903
1906
December 15, 1906
1908
December 5, 1908
Grabtown, Bertie, North Carolina, United States
1911
September 11, 1911
Smithfield, Johnston , North Carolina, United States
1915
November 5, 1915
1922
December 24, 1922
Grabtown, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
1943
May 21, 1943
Age 59
Rock Ridge, Wilson, North Carolina, United States