Remembering Bonnie Blue

On Sunday, I attended the memorial service for Cammie King Conlon, or as we all know her, Bonnie Blue Butler, in Marietta, Georgia.

Filled with both tears and laughter, it was a touching tribute to a woman who always claimed she “peaked at age five”.  It began with a video tribute, including all of her scenes from GWTW and also a scene from Bambi (she was the voice of young Faline). Speakers included Cammie’s son Matt Conlon, Chris Sullivan, a long time Gone with the Wind enthusiast and collector (whose collection is housed at the GWTW Museum in Marietta), and Mickey Kuhn, who portrayed Beau as a child in GWTW. He confessed that Cammie was his “first love.”

My pictures are really awful. The lighting in there was weird and I tried with both my camera and my cell phone to get some decent shots but they all came out muddled.

Here is audio of her son Matt’s speech (it kind of cut off the end):

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Here is Chris Sullivan talking about a letter he received from Cammie about working with Clark:

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Here is a video snippet of Mickey Kuhn speaking:

Following the service, we all congregated at the GWTW Museum for an unveiling. Here is the video (I didn’t have the best position, so it’s not great):

 (As you can see, yours truly is a horrible camerawoman!)

Here are pictures of what was unveiled–the replica of Tara:

And the replica of Bonnie’s blue riding habit:

All in all a wonderful tribute to a great lady.

While I was there I snapped a few photos in the museum, since I realized I don’t think I have ever posted any pictures of the museum here.

 Vivien Leigh’s glassware, with her “VLO” monogram

Clark Gable section

and an outside shot, since I was stuck in traffic!