FIRST APPEARANCE:April 2, 1956 LAST APPEARANCE:1971 EXIT: Ceased appearing on the series. Mattie was often referenced as being ill or out-of-town visiting relatives. DEATH: The character of Mattie passed away offscreen in March 1972. PERFORMERS:Betty Garde (1956). Peggy Allenby (1956-66). Katherine Meskill (1969-71). SPOUSE:George Lane (RIP?). Winston Grimsley. RELATIVES: Sara Lane (daughter). Jack Lane (son). Mike Karr (son-in-law). Betty Jean Battle (daughter-in-law). Laurie Ann Karr (granddaughter). Bud Lane (grandson). Harry Lane (brother-in-law). Cora Lane (sister-in-law). Louise Grimsley (niece and step-daughter). Phil Capice (son-in-law). Sara-Louise Capice (granddaughter). LEGAL HISTORY:Instigated legal proceedings to have first husband George Lane declared legally dead [at the start of the series, George had been missing for seven years, having mysteriously vanished from Monticello].
