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Bonnie Jean Poteet, best known by her nickname, "B.J.", is a character in the final season of the...

Bonnie Jean Poteet, best known by her nickname, "B.J.", is a character in the final season of the television series, Designing Women. She was played by Judith Ivey. B.J. is a rich, eccentric and very down-to-earth widow who came at a time that she was needed most. Sugarbaker's was near bankruptcy, especially since obnoxious and selfish Allison Sugarbaker just pulled her money out of the firm to buy a more lucrative Victoria's Secret franchise. She was a former court reporter in Houston, Texas, when she met James Poteet, the owner of Poteet Industries, a large conglomerate. She met him when he was a litigant in her courtroom. They had only been married a very short time, since he died of a heart attack at his own wedding reception. He was leading a conga line to the song, "Proud Mary" when he died. This left B.J., who was a recovering alcoholic, a very wealthy widow, and with nothing more than time on her hands, she felt she wanted to help wherever she could. So, she hired Sugarbakers Design Firm to help decorate her new home, then she won the company through a hand of Poker. Being generous, however, she offered to lose, so Julia Sugarbaker could get her company back. Because of