That is not completely accurate
Gentry. Real last name Skeeter.....yes a can of worms with that name no question
Her parents divorced when she was very young and her mom went to southern California.
She stayed in north central Mississippi with her grandparents and lived on their rural farm near Houston in Chickasaw county which is named for arguably the states most warlike Indian tribe from pre Trail of Tears era
At around 10th grade she moved to California to be with her momma and to enter show business given she had her grandmas singing and piano talent and was already showing signs she was pretty photogenic
That’s a synopsis
Her Mississippi dawl is genuine and she makes no attempt to hide it unlike most southern college class kids today
Chickasaw county is nowhere near the delta btw
It is north Mississippi hill country The land of Faulkner
Closest delta is about 50 miles due west past Grenada
I have no clue why Wiki says she went to school in Greenwood which is the Delta on the Yazoo but is an hour and a half minimum from Houston in Chickasaw county
Delta sounded better.
Jim Stafford was married to Bobbie for awhile. I remember he was questioned about her and he something that it was quite a ride and that she was bat.... crazy.
I stand corrected. Seems I was thinking of an interview she did saying she didn’t know a lot about the Delta region.