Can't get rid of a last name in address book

Hello,
I of course added my mother to my address book. At one point I had entered her proper first and last name. Until one day I realized that entry was carrying over in emails. So I deleted the last name and entered Mom for the first name.
Every since then I've stuck with Mom Smith as a contact. I have .mac, which I think might be part of the problem. I've also tried deleting the entry from everywhere and waiting a few weeks, and several syncs later. I then reentered the first name only, and the problem has crept back. Except now, the only place it shows as Mom Smith is the address book and mail. On .mac it's correct.
Please help!
Thanks.

Okay, half way there... I guess.
I should mention that there are two different addresses for Mom Smith.
In most cases when autofilling, the name truncates into the correct name. (even though the dropdown that pops up shows the wrong one) Which in a way solves my issue. (I've recently tried the 'delete everything and try again' approach, after the upgrade to leopard. But, this problem has had a way of creeping back in the past)
However, in one instance, the address did not shorten up, and I was able to delete it as you instructed. I'm not sure what I did to get it to do that, and have been unable to delete the second address of Mom Smith. When it auto-shortens to just Mom, the 'remove previous' option isn't there.
I've tried clicking the address from the dropdown, hitting tab, and hitting return. All of which seem to switch it from Mom Smith in the drop down, to the Mom I recently 'fixed'.
Thanks for you help.

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