Gracie Williams

Gracie Williams is a young woman of the Tennessee hills and the sweetheart of Alvin York, the finest shot in the mountains. She is principled and steady. While Alvin drank, gambled, and brawled, she wanted nothing to do with a man who could not control his temper. That changed after his friend Everett was killed in a barroom fight. At the funeral, Pastor Pyle's words struck Alvin's heart, and Gracie stood at his side as he walked to the altar and gave up his old ways. Now an elder in the church, Alvin courts her at last, and she shares his hope for a quiet life in the mountains. When America went to war with Germany, she joined his widowed mother in urging him to refuse combat, holding fast to her conviction against killing.