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Audrey Mae Sheppard Williams (February 28, 1923 – November 4, 1975) was an American musician known for being the first wife of country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams, the mother of Hank Williams Jr., and the grandmother of Hank Williams III and Holly Williams.
Billie Jean Horton (née Jones; born June 6, 1933) is an American former country-music singer-songwriter and music promoter.She had high profile marriages, briefly, until his death, to country musician and singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1952 until 1953 and subsequently to singer Johnny Horton from 1953 until 1960.
Their son, Randall Hank Williams (now known as Hank Williams Jr.), was born on May 26, 1949. [94] The marriage was always turbulent and rapidly disintegrated, [ 95 ] and Williams developed serious problems with alcohol, morphine, and other painkillers prescribed for him to ease the severe back pain caused by his spina bifida occulta . [ 96 ]
Hank Williams Jr. and his wife, Brandi Williams, were friends for two decades before tying the knot. The country singer and his now-wife got engaged in May 2023 — a little over a year after Hank ...
On September 26, 1953, Horton married Billie Jean Jones, [1] widow of Hank Williams, who had died on January 1, 1953. Horton parted ways with the Rowley trio but continued to appear occasionally on Louisiana Hayride. His contract with Mercury expired in late 1954, with his recording of "All for the Love of a Girl" (Mercury 70227) being his ...
Hank and Gwen welcomed their son, Hank Williams III, on Dec. 12, 1972. Speaking with Glide in 2012, Hank III noted he had “a really normal childhood.” He grew up in Nashville with his mother ...
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His son Shelton performs as Hank Williams III; his other children include Holly Williams [31] who is also a musician, Sam Williams, also a musician, [32] as is his grandson Coleman Williams (Hank III's son), who performs under the sobriquet "IV". His wife Mary Jane Thomas died on March 22, 2022, aged 58, after complications from a medical ...