Helen Herring Stephens Headstone Photo, Callaway Memorial Gardens

Helen H. Stephens "The Fulton Flash" February 3, 1918 - January 17, 1994. Winner of two gold medals in the 1936 summer olympics in Berlin, Germany. The 100 meter dash and the 400 meter relay. Helen Herring Stephens was a daughter of Frank Elmer Stephens and Bertie Mae Herring. She was a granddaughter of William Isaac Stephens and Elizabeth Shaw, and, William T. Herring and Annie Lydia Meloy. She was the fastest woman runner in the world, and held that title for 24 years. At age sixty-eight, she still ran the 100-meter dash in 16.4 seconds, just 4 seconds slower than when she was eighteen. Helen Stephens was my 3rd cousin once removed.

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