Longwood College - Virginian Yearbook (Farmville, VA)

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Offering Anne Carter of Shirley was born in a beautiful old home on the banks of the James. Her home stands in history for its quiet dignity and its old Virginia hospitality, her family ranking among the first in the state. Little is known of her early girl- hood, but when quite young she became the second wife of Lighthorse Harrv Lee. They had five chil- dren, of whom Robert was the fourth. The father of Lee died when Robert was a child of four; from that time, it was the mother upon whom devolved the responsibility of the teacher and guide. Robert was especially devoted to his mother. When she became an invalid, it was he who took complete care of her. Though broken in body, the heroic little mother urged her son to go away to the United States Military Academy when he arrived of age, saying only, I shall miss Robert so! She was a true Virginia mother, earnest, pious, gentle, and heroic, with an influence mightier than force — one of love.