In my estimation that would have to be Mary Jane Patterson.
Mary Jane spent her early years in West Memphis, Arkansas, but unfortunately, at the tender age of thirteen was unceremoniously abandoned by her parents. Her maternal aunt, Sally Bemstien, also known as "Two Tooth" Sally, who was the owner of a popular hot pillow joint down on Canal street in Galveston, Texas, took the child in and raised her as her own.
Life was not easy for the young girl. There were sheets to wash, floors to scrub, spittoons to empty, and the occasional blood spatters to clean from the walls.
It was during this time that Mary Jane, when time allowed, learned to play pool on the old Gandy five by ten, located in the back room. She became proficient in all the rotation games, but her forte was One Pocket. Men would come from as far away as Houston, and Corpus Christi, just to lose a weeks pay playing her. By the time Mary Jane was eighteen years old she had put back enough money from her winnings at the pool table to enroll in the University of Texas.
Sadly, her desire to become a Longhorn was not fulfilled. On the night before she was to leave for Austin, Mary Jane was sitting with some friends, having a drink and talking about better days to come, when a gunshot rang out. Mary Jane was struck in the right temple and died immediately.
Witnesses reported that at the time of Mary Jane's death her aunt Sally was in an adjacent room giving a lap dance to an inebriated customer, when half way through the dance she shit all over the guy. Incensed, and sickened at the same time, the man drew a pistol from his vest pocket and shot Sally through the heart. The bullet exited her backside, penetrated the paper thin wall, striking Mary Jane.
Sally, as it turns out, suffered from CED, or chronic explosive diarrhea. A condition known only to herself and the family Doctor.
Many have said that Mary Jane Patterson possessed all the tools necessary to become a world champion pool player if only her luck hadn't turned to shit. :smile:
