Chestnut’s personal memories of her Uncle Bill are few because she was but a small child when Bill was alive, but the stories provided by one of Bill’s biggest fans, his sister Sally always kept the memory of her uncle Bill and his exploits fresh in her mind. Aunt Sally lived to be 96 years old and even passed along a fascination of Bill’s story to Dave Chestnut, Shirley’s youngest son, who counts as one of his prized possessions a Christmas card from Tom Mix to his great uncle Bill, “Elnora’s Greatest Clown.”