About five years ago I learned of this story and did a bunch of research.
After 'meaning to' write an article about this for years I finally decided
to just hand my material over to Brandon Wolf, who did a stellar job.

And, here are the research materials....

The story remembered in 1977...

The story remembered in 1983...

The story remembered in 1988...

The story remembered in 2003...

Tommy Gene Brown....became Empress Shirley