<P> Uncle Ben was much like his nephew, John's son . They both have red hair, they are both filled with ideas, their handwriting is similar, etc . Uncle Ben got along with John the same way that Ben gets along with John - boy . </P> <P> Frances is Olivia's sister, who lives in Edgemont . She is mentioned in "The Heritage" (season 2, episode 18). </P> <P> Olivia Hill is the namesake of Olivia and John Walton (daughter of Olivia's deceased childhood best friend Marnie), is the wife of Bob Hill, whom she marries on the mountain in "The Shivaree" episode . Catastrophe afflicts her family and her husband's family, as both of them have no surviving parents, and they ended up seeing each other before their wedding, said to be bad luck . This turns out to be prophetic when Olivia is reduced to a bereaved widow barely a year later . She returns to Walton's Mountain following her husband's sudden death in "The Loss", said to have been struck by a car during the night on his way home when he didn't see it coming . </P> <P> Martha Corinne, the widow of Zeb's older brother, Henry Walton, first appears in the two - part season three episode "The Conflict", in which she and her family are displaced from their land on the mountain by construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway . Though she initially refuses to leave, when John - Boy is wounded in an armed standoff between members of the Walton clan and government officials, Martha Corinne agrees to relocate to a newly constructed house provided by the government . She appears in two more episodes, including season five's "The Pony Cart". (which won an Emmy for portrayer Beulah Bondi in 1977). It was in this episode she made her final appearance . Martha Corrine reveals her health started deteriorating and comes back to the mountain to make her peace, before she eventually passes away . </P>

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