Delta Dawn

"Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy from her album Long Hard Climb; ranked 14th on the Year-End Billboard Hot 100 on my birth year. (Also performed earlier by Tanya Tucker in 1972.)

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky

Couldn't find any other source online to validate a story shared on Facebook on the origins of "Delta Dawn." A post on Facebook group Classic Country Music Stories told about song co-writer Alexander Harvey creating the Delta Dawn from a mix of his mother's and a certain Molly Deberry's characters.