Known to most Louisvillians as "The Lady in Blue" of the Seelbach Hotel, Pearl Mae Elliott was born in Davenport, Oklahoma in 1910 to Annie and Albert Elliott. Pearl was the second of the Elliott's 4 children. Older brother, Frankie Lee Elliott was born in 1906. Younger brother John Elliott was born in 1913 and younger sister, Ruby Faye Elliott was born in 1915. All the children were orphaned by 1919 and were placed in foster care. Pearl may have married a man named Charles B Wilson or "L.B." Wilson prior to moving to Louisville Kentucky in 1934. She changed her first name from Pearl to Patricia. In 1936, Pearl died in a tragic accident by falling down an elevator shaft at the Seelbach Hotel. She was known to friends and neighbors as "Patricia Wilson" at the time of her death. In 2018, Pearl's surviving family members discovered that Pearl was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville and came to Louisville to mark her grave with a headstone. For more information on Pearl Mae Elliott, also known as Patricia Wilson, please see link: https://www.leoweekly.com/2018/10/real-lady-blue-seelbach-hotel/ or my blog at anorchiddress.com
Known to most Louisvillians as "The Lady in Blue" of the Seelbach Hotel, Pearl Mae Elliott was born in Davenport, Oklahoma in 1910 to Annie and Albert Elliott. Pearl was the second of the Elliott's 4 children. Older brother, Frankie Lee Elliott was born in 1906. Younger brother John Elliott was born in 1913 and younger sister, Ruby Faye Elliott was born in 1915. All the children were orphaned by 1919 and were placed in foster care. Pearl may have married a man named Charles B Wilson or "L.B." Wilson prior to moving to Louisville Kentucky in 1934. She changed her first name from Pearl to Patricia. In 1936, Pearl died in a tragic accident by falling down an elevator shaft at the Seelbach Hotel. She was known to friends and neighbors as "Patricia Wilson" at the time of her death. In 2018, Pearl's surviving family members discovered that Pearl was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville and came to Louisville to mark her grave with a headstone. For more information on Pearl Mae Elliott, also known as Patricia Wilson, please see link: https://www.leoweekly.com/2018/10/real-lady-blue-seelbach-hotel/ or my blog at anorchiddress.com
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Pearl Mae Elliott
1910-1936
aka
Patricia Wilson
The Lady in Blue
Gravesite Details
Fell down an elevator shaft at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Jefferson, KY. Her injuries were fractures of skull, left knee, right tibia & fibula. Many felt this was not an accident, but a homicide. She was born in Oklahoma.
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