How I Got My Name: I am named after Ava Gardener. She was in a film called “Mogambo” with Clark Gable. Her character was “Honey Bear Kelly.” Gable called her “Kelly” throughout the picture. (Sadly, ‘Honey Bear’ was omitted by my parents.)
My dad was 22 years old when he saw the film. He was an enlisted Air Force guy in England. He was so enthralled with Ava he promised himself he would have a Kelly some day. Many years later, he did.
How I Got My Middle Name: I have two. This is about the first one. The “L” one. The English hate the Irish, so my middle name is Laura. My English Cornish great-grandmother was very upset when she heard that my parents planned to name me Kelly. So to make her feel better, they named me Laura after her.
They tell me it helped her.
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