Before Johnny Mack Brown ever thought about the big screen, Dothan had a girl who was on her way to Hollywood. Her name was LOTA CHEEK. Lota was Dougie Bailey's first cousin and in DEVIL MAKE A THIRD he named his protagonist's child bride, LOTA KYLE. In 1922 Lota Cheek was named BOSTON'S PRETTIEST GIRL . After this event was picked up by the press, Lota was soon dubbed AMERICA'S PRETTIEST GIRL in the nation's newspapers. Although her press clippings say she was from Dawson, Georgia, she grew up in Dothan and I doubt she ever lived in Dawson. By 1916, she'd already married a cavalryman on his way to the border to fight PANCHO VILLA along with Buck's brother Dan's calvary unit from Dothan. Lota's mother, Nannie Baker Cheek, died in Dothan in 1917. After Lota's "15 minutes of fame" in '22, she went on to perform as a showgirl and in theatrical companies. By 1926, Lota had divorced her cavalryman as well as another guy named Sanders and was married to English actor Tyrell Davis who is remembered today for his convincing and overstated portrayals of homosexuals in the movies. Not sure whether Lota ever made it to the Silver Screen but her life story would make a great movie. In 1901, Lota started out life in Abbeville's  Henry County Jail where her mother and her uncle W.T. Buntin were being held for the murder of her mother's first husband.
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