<p>Maudie White Hopkins, 93, of Arkansas passed on to her earthly reward yesterday. She was the widow of a C.S.A. veteran who was 67 years older than she on their wedding day ages ago.</p>
<p>The story didn’t state whether or not she was last living confederate widow (I thought the had expired in the 1980s). I wonder if Hopkins was still receiving her husband’s C.S.A. pension?</p>
<p>Wow. Did you ever read Alan Gurganus’s The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All? I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>She was not still receiving his pension. It apparently stopped when he died, which he did three years after their wedding. She was 19 when she married him; he was 86. She was his housekeeper. He told her that if she married him, he would leave her his house and land. She was one of 10 children during the Depression, and it seemed like a pretty good deal. She remarried three more times and had three children.</p>
<p>And according to some articles I found on Google, there are other Confederate widows still alive.</p>
<p>Wow indeed. And yes, The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All is terrific.</p>
<p>Ah hah, the old ‘young nurse/housekeeper marries the senior citizen’ trick. LOL.</p>
<p>I’ve heard of the OLCWTA book. I may try to get my hands on a copy.</p>
<p>Great book!</p>