<P> Emily Baldwin (Mary Jackson) is the slightly more eccentric Baldwin Sister . As a young girl, she was in love with handsome Ashley Longworth, until he disappeared . This was due to her father's interference, of which Emily was unaware until her sixties . Though she has never heard from Ashley for some fifty years, she is convinced that he will someday return to her . In season seven, Ashley's son Ashley Jr . (Jonathan Frakes), shows up in Walton's Mountain with news that his father is dead (but also that he loved Miss Emily for the remainder of his life). Ashley Jr. starts a romance with Erin Walton, to Emily's delight, but reveals that, on account of his wartime experiences, is an atheist, and Erin, on the advice of her mother, Olivia, breaks off the relationship . He returns after Erin is involved with Paul Northridge, creating a love triangle, and forcing Erin to choose between two suitors . (Erin ends up choosing Paul Northridge .) </P> <P> The late father of the Baldwin ladies, who is only ever seen in the form of a portrait above their fireplace, one of many Baldwins to harbor a recipe for bootleg whiskey, and the keeper of a secret room where he stashed his stores of his own brew which his daughters later discovered by accident near the end of the series . He is said to have suffered a stroke at some moment in his declining health and spent the remaining 20 years of his life somewhat vegetated and walking with a cane that is later gifted by his daughters to Esther following her stroke and return from extensive hospitalization . He was fiercely against the idea of Ashley Longworth getting involved with his daughter Emily and served to quash their relationship in more ways than one . When Emily discovered a note hidden in his portrait reveling in his disgust at her daughter's beau, she "punished" her father by evicting his portrait from its position over the fireplace where it had hung for a decade and temporarily gave him a time - out in the broom closet . Judge Baldwin is widely recognized by the older community of Walton's mountain for his occupation and prestige, as well as his advocacy of the "recipe". In contrast, his late wife is seldom mentioned by his daughters, as their father's legacy was so prolific and authoritative on them compared to their mother, who led a relatively quiet life of hobbies . </P> <P> Aimee (Rachel Longaker) is the adopted daughter of Ike and Corabeth Godsey and best friend of Elizabeth Walton . Her parents died when she was young and the Godseys were compelled to adopt her after Corabeth had trouble becoming pregnant . Corabeth tries to tailor Aimee into a proper lady of culture and refinement even though she would rather be an ordinary country girl who enjoys the latest fashions and gets to adventure places . By season 8, her character no longer makes regular appearances on the show, and is said to have been placed in private school until returning in the reunion movies . In the fourth reunion movie, it comes to light that Aimee disobeyed her mother's wishes and got involved with someone she considered to be a ruffian, leading to many years of estrangement between the two of them . However, Aimee returns to Walton's Mountain now married to this man, with a baby, and the sight of her new grandchild is enough to touch Corabeth's heart and mend the rift between them, having admitted her mistake . </P> <P> First appearing early in the first season ("The Sinner"), Rev. Matthew Fordwick (John Ritter) comes to the community fresh from Baptist seminary trained as a hardline Biblical legalist, until he accidentally gets himself drunk at a visit with the Baldwin sisters, who happen to be his distant cousins . This humbling experience causes him to adopt a more forgiving nature, and he serves as the pastor of the local Baptist church through season five . He marries the schoolteacher, Rosemary Hunter, in season four . </P>

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