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Myra Gale Lewis Williams (née Brown; born July 11, 1944) is an American author, best known for her controversial marriage at the age of 13 to rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis, who was her first cousin once removed and was 22 at the time.
She is Lewis's first cousin once removed [27] [28] ... They had two children: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. (1954–1973) and Ronnie Guy Lewis (b. 1956). After four years, he ...
Myra Lewis Williams, also known as Myra Gale Brown, was the third wife of late rock ’n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and — more infamously — his 13-year-old cousin at the time they got married.
Jerry Lee Lewis' marriage to his 13-year-old cousin in 1957 nearly ended his career. Today, Myra Williams, 78, reflects on the scandal and her late ex-husband.
Gilley was born to Arthur Fillmore Gilley (November 27, 1897 – February 2, 1982) and Irene Gilley (née Lewis; September 11, 1900 – August 14, 1985) [2] in Natchez, Mississippi. [1] [3] For many years, Gilley lived in the shadow of his well-known cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, a successful rock and roll singer and musician in the 1950s and early ...
Lewis’s other survivors, per the press release, include his children Jerry Lee Lewis III, Ronnie Lewis, Pheobe Lewis and Lori Lancaster; sister Linda Gail Lewis; cousin Jimmy Swaggart, as well ...
The extended family had a complex network of interrelationships: "cousins and in-laws and other relatives married each other until the clan was entwined like a big, tight ball of rubber bands". [2] [3] [4] Swaggart is the cousin of rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and country music star Mickey Gilley. [5]
His last album was a gospel record with his cousin, lifetime televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who had preached against his music when they were younger. ... Judith Coghlan Lewis, his children Jerry ...