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Ava Gardner's Grabtown
1922
Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina
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Ava Gardner was born to tobacco sharecroppers at a crossroads called Grabtown outside Smithfield in 1922, left for a screen test at eighteen, and became one of the faces of Hollywood's golden age. She kept coming home her whole life and is buried with her family at Sunset Memorial Park. Smithfield keeps a museum of her things, started by a fan who bought the collection before the town knew it wanted it.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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