Wallace attracted national attention on May 15, 1972, when, at the age of 33 she threw herself over her husband when he was shot four times by Arthur Bremer during an assassination attempt at a shopping center in Laurel, Maryland.
Folsom was a widower and in 1947 invited his sister to be First Lady; Cornelia joined her at eight years of age.
She sang and played guitar and toured Australia and Hawaii with Country music singer Roy Acuff.
She married John Snively, whose family owned the tourist attraction Cypress Gardens near Winter Haven, Florida.
[5] Turnham also recalled that as first lady, Mrs. Wallace urged Alabamians to plant vegetable gardens to be more self-reliant.