– but to those who loved with and laughed with and knew Johnny Cash best, he simply was known as “John.” Some called him by his given birth name – J.R. Most people knew him as “The Man in Black.” Many called him an icon, a true American treasure. Sister-in-law of Tommy Cash, Reba Hancock and Joanne Cash Yates.ApPhoto by Marty Stuart - Courtesy Clementvision This photo of Jack Clement and Johnny Cash appears in “I Still Miss Someone” next to the poem “My Friend, The Famous Person,” that Clement wrote and read at Johnny’s funeral. God-mother of country music star Hank Williams Jr.

Step-mother of country music star Rosanne Cash. Performed with Homer and Jethro on their 1949 parody recording of the Frank Loesser composition 'Baby, It's Cold Outside'.ĭaughter of late country singer & matriarch Mother Maybelle Carter. Once studied acting in the 50s with director Elia Kazan and acting guru Lee Strasberg. John Carter Cash, born in 1970, was the product from her marriage to singer Johnny Cash. In the 1950s, she was twice married: first to honky-tonk singer Carl Smith (daughter: Rebecca Carlene Carter) and Edwin 'Rip' Nix, (daughter: Rozanna Rosey Nix Adams). She retired from her solo singing career after marrying Cash in 1968. Two of their biggest hits were 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken?' and 'Keep on the Sunny Side.'Įlvis Presley introduced June to the music of Johnny Cash in the mid-50s and she began working with Johnny after a chance meeting at the Grand Ol' Opry a few years later. She began back in the 40s as a member of the Carter Family singing group, a pioneering force in country music's jump from regional to mainstream popularity.

They later shared a second Grammy for their 1970 interpretation of 'If I Were a Carpenter.' Her only solo Grammy award came from her 1999 album 'Press On' which won for best folk album. Mother of John Carter Cash, Rosey Nix Adams and Carlene Carter.Ĭo-wrote such hits as 'Ring of Fire', 'Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man' and 'Jackson' the latter of which won her and husband Johnny Cash a Grammy award together in 1967. Stepmother of Rosanne Cash, Tara Cash, Kathy Cash and Cindy Cash. Is portrayed by Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line (2005)ĭistant cousin of former U.S. She had a cousin, Gladys Swiney, who resides in Appalachia, Virginia.Īmongst those who attended her funeral included Karen Adams, Anna Bisceglia, Martha Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Robert Duvall, Rosemary Edelman, Betty Hagewood, Kelly Hancock, Shirley Huffines, James Keach, Merle Kilgore, Peggy Knight, Kris Kristofferson, Luke Lewis, Dan McKinnon, Willie Nelson, Karen Robin, Lou Robin, Scott Robinson, Michele Rollins, Rick Rubin, Jane Seymour, Ramona Stratton, Lisa Trice, Hank Williams Jr., Marie Wolfe, Roland Wolfe and Wayne Womack. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. īiography in: 'The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives'. Release of the book, 'Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash' by John Carter Cash.

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