June Carter Cash (born Valerie June Carter) (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003), middle daughter of Ezra (Eck) Carter and Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle), was a singer, songwriter, a member of the first family of country music, the Carter Family, and married to legendary singer Johnny Cash. She was born in Maces Springs, Virginia and played guitar, banjo, and autoharp. ==With the Carter Family== In the winter of 1938-1939 the Carter Family travelled to Texas where they had a twice-daily program on border radio station XERA (later XERF) in Villa Acuña (now Ciudad Acuña, Mexico), Mexico, across the border from Del Rio, Texas. Then in school, June did not accompany them. Beginning with the 1939/1940 season, June joined the Carters, this time in San Antonio, Texas, where the group's work was pre-recorded and distributed to multiple border radio stations (XELO, XEG, XERB, and XEPN). June's musical contribution to the group consisted of her autoharp playing. In Fall, 1942, the Carters moved their program to WBT radio in Charlotte, North Carolina for a one year contract. They occupied the sunrise slot with the program airing between 5:15 and 6:15 a.m. June attended Paw Creek High School following the show on weekdays. ==With Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters== In March, 1943, when the Carter Family trio stopped recording together after the WBT contract, Maybelle Carter, with encouragement from her husband Ezra, formed ''Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters'' with her daughters Helen, Anita, and June. The new group first aired on radio station WRNL in Richmond, Virginia on 1 June 1943. June attended John Marshall High School during this period. In 1946, they moved to more powerful, semi clear-channel WRVA in the same city. In 1948, the group left Richmond and returned to Maces Springs. After a short stay in southwest Virginia, Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters headed off to Knoxville, Tennessee where they had yet another radio contract on WNOX. Here they met and teamed with a young Chet Atkins. In 1949, the family travelled to Springfield, Missouri where they entertained on KWTO. Ezra Carter declined Grand Ole Opry offers to move the family to Nashville, Tennessee a number of times because the Opry would not permit Chet Atkins to accompany the group. Finally, in 1950 Opry management relented and the group, along with Atkins, became part of the Opry company. Here the family befriended Hank Williams and Elvis Presley and June would meet Johnny Cash. With her thin and lanky frame June often played a comedic foil during the group's performances alongside other Opry stars Faron Young and Webb Pierce. ==On her own== In the mid-1950s June studied at The Actor's Studio in New York City and stayed with Elia Kazan and his wife in their apartment. During this period, she became close friends with Robert Duvall and dated James Dean. June's acting career netted her one feature film, ''Country Music Holiday'' (1958), several guest spots on TV Westerns, and a few roles on soap operas. Throughout these years, she retained her Grand Ole Opry membership. June's first husband was singer Carl Smith and they were married from 1952 to 1957. Their daughter Rebecca Carlene Smith (known professionally as Carlene Carter) was born in 1955 and is a country singer. Her second husband was Edwin "Rip" Nix, a policeman, and they had a daughter, Rozanna Lea (Rosie). June married her third husband, Johnny Cash, in 1968, and they had a son, John Carter. ==With Johnny Cash== In 1967 she and future husband Johnny won a Grammy Award in the '' Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group (vocal or instrumental)'' category for the song, "Jackson"'. In 1970 they won again in the ''Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal'' category for the song, "If I Were a Carpenter". She played the part of Mrs. "Momma" Dewey in Robert Duvall's 1997 movie ''The Apostle''. In 1999 she won a Grammy Award for her album, ''Press On''. Her last album ''Wildwood Flower'' was released in 2003. It contains bonus video enhancements showing extracts from the film of the recording sessions which took place at the Carter Family Estate in Virginia on 18 September, 19 and 20, 2002. She died in May 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee from complications following heart valve surgery two years after she had a pacemaker implanted. She was interred in Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The body of her daughter, Rosie Nix Adams, was found dead on a bus, on October 24, 2003, after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning from six propane or kerosene lanterns on the bus. Also found on the bus was the body of Bluegrass music fiddle player, Jimmy Campbell. Rosie Adams was a songwriter and had pursued a performing career. ==References== *''Among My Klediments'', June Carter Cash, Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan, 1979. ASIN 0310381703, ISBN 0-310-38170-3 *''In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music'', Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998. ISBN 0-375-70082-x *Downey, Ryan J. (15 May 2003). "[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471909/05152003/cash_june_carter.jhtml Country Star June Carter Cash, Wife Of Johnny Cash, Dies At 73]". MTV. *''Will you miss me when I'm gone? : the Carter Family and their legacy in American music'', Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirshberg, New York, Simon & Schuster, c2002 ==External links== *http://www.valeriejune.net *[http://search.launch.yahoo.com/search/lsearch/all?p=june+carter+cash Her page at Launch.] 1929 births 2003 deaths
A Washington Post, May 15, 2003 article has the sisters playing as a group in 1939, four years prior to the reputed split-up of the Carter Family group. I have a reserve on the biography mentioned in the "References" section and I will try to clarify this when I get it. The Post article is here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62042-2003May15.html Also, it looks like Johnny Cash was husband number 3. See an informative biography in the Tennessean: http://tennessean.com/entertainment/news/archives/03/05/32812679.shtml?Element_ID=32812679 Can't find anything about the 2003 released album that 130.39.113.1 mentions. Anyone have info on this one? Wfeidt May 16, 2003 I find some seemingly reliable sources giving "Maces Springs" as the homestead, while others use the singular, "Maces Spring". Sometimes I see both usages in the same document. Anybody know for sure which is right? Wfeidt May 19, 2003 The Washington Post goes for Maces Springs [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62617-2003May16.html] and also confirms two previous husbands, but no mention of a 2003 release. I suggest that the reference to the 2003 album be moved to here and the comment on Johnny Cash being the 3rd husband be reinstated. User:Tiles 01:35 22 May 2003 (UTC) Thanks, Tiles. Sound good to me. And yes, "Will you miss me when I'm gone?" confirms the second husband (Nix) during the Nashville period. User 130.39.113.1 added, "In 2003, she released her last album", but we've been unable to confirm this or discover the title. Any further help will be appreciated. User:Wfeidt 11:06 22 May 2003 (UTC) ---- CNN has an article http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/12/cash.obit/index.html on Johny Cash and they mention that June died on June 12. I don't know if this is accurate. --User:Dori 14:35, 12 Sep 2003 (UTC) : The CNN article actually says "Cash's wife of 35 years, June Carter Cash, died May 15", which agrees with this article. User:Tiles 06:19, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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June Carter Cash (born Valerie June Carter) (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003), middle daughter of Ezra (Eck) Carter and Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle), was a singer, songwriter, a member of the first family of country music, the Carter Family, and married to legendary singer Johnny Cash. She was born in Maces Springs, Virginia and played guitar, banjo, and autoharp. ==With the Carter Family== In the winter of 1938-1939 the Carter Family travelled to Texas where they had a twice-daily program on border radio station XERA (later XERF) in Villa Acuña (now Ciudad Acuña, Mexico), Mexico, across the border from Del Rio, Texas. Then in school, June did not accompany them. Beginning with the 1939/1940 season, June joined the Carters, this time in San Antonio, Texas, where the group's work was pre-recorded and distributed to multiple border radio stations (XELO, XEG, XERB, and XEPN). June's musical contribution to the group consisted of her autoharp playing. In Fall, 1942, the Carters moved their program to WBT radio in Charlotte, North Carolina for a one year contract. They occupied the sunrise slot with the program airing between 5:15 and 6:15 a.m. June attended Paw Creek High School following the show on weekdays. ==With Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters== In March, 1943, when the Carter Family trio stopped recording together after the WBT contract, Maybelle Carter, with encouragement from her husband Ezra, formed ''Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters'' with her daughters Helen, Anita, and June. The new group first aired on radio station WRNL in Richmond, Virginia on 1 June 1943. June attended John Marshall High School during this period. In 1946, they moved to more powerful, semi clear-channel WRVA in the same city. In 1948, the group left Richmond and returned to Maces Springs. After a short stay in southwest Virginia, Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters headed off to Knoxville, Tennessee where they had yet another radio contract on WNOX. Here they met and teamed with a young Chet Atkins. In 1949, the family travelled to Springfield, Missouri where they entertained on KWTO. Ezra Carter declined Grand Ole Opry offers to move the family to Nashville, Tennessee a number of times because the Opry would not permit Chet Atkins to accompany the group. Finally, in 1950 Opry management relented and the group, along with Atkins, became part of the Opry company. Here the family befriended Hank Williams and Elvis Presley and June would meet Johnny Cash. With her thin and lanky frame June often played a comedic foil during the group's performances alongside other Opry stars Faron Young and Webb Pierce. ==On her own== In the mid-1950s June studied at The Actor's Studio in New York City and stayed with Elia Kazan and his wife in their apartment. During this period, she became close friends with Robert Duvall and dated James Dean. June's acting career netted her one feature film, ''Country Music Holiday'' (1958), several guest spots on TV Westerns, and a few roles on soap operas. Throughout these years, she retained her Grand Ole Opry membership. June's first husband was singer Carl Smith and they were married from 1952 to 1957. Their daughter Rebecca Carlene Smith (known professionally as Carlene Carter) was born in 1955 and is a country singer. Her second husband was Edwin "Rip" Nix, a policeman, and they had a daughter, Rozanna Lea (Rosie). June married her third husband, Johnny Cash, in 1968, and they had a son, John Carter. ==With Johnny Cash== In 1967 she and future husband Johnny won a Grammy Award in the '' Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group (vocal or instrumental)'' category for the song, "Jackson"'. In 1970 they won again in the ''Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal'' category for the song, "If I Were a Carpenter". She played the part of Mrs. "Momma" Dewey in Robert Duvall's 1997 movie ''The Apostle''. In 1999 she won a Grammy Award for her album, ''Press On''. Her last album ''Wildwood Flower'' was released in 2003. It contains bonus video enhancements showing extracts from the film of the recording sessions which took place at the Carter Family Estate in Virginia on 18 September, 19 and 20, 2002. She died in May 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee from complications following heart valve surgery two years after she had a pacemaker implanted. She was interred in Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The body of her daughter, Rosie Nix Adams, was found dead on a bus, on October 24, 2003, after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning from six propane or kerosene lanterns on the bus. Also found on the bus was the body of Bluegrass music fiddle player, Jimmy Campbell. Rosie Adams was a songwriter and had pursued a performing career. ==References== *''Among My Klediments'', June Carter Cash, Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan, 1979. ASIN 0310381703, ISBN 0-310-38170-3 *''In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music'', Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998. ISBN 0-375-70082-x *Downey, Ryan J. (15 May 2003). "[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471909/05152003/cash_june_carter.jhtml Country Star June Carter Cash, Wife Of Johnny Cash, Dies At 73]". MTV. *''Will you miss me when I'm gone? : the Carter Family and their legacy in American music'', Mark Zwonitzer with Charles Hirshberg, New York, Simon & Schuster, c2002 ==External links== *http://www.valeriejune.net *[http://search.launch.yahoo.com/search/lsearch/all?p=june+carter+cash Her page at Launch.] 1929 births 2003 deaths
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A Washington Post, May 15, 2003 article has the sisters playing as a group in 1939, four years prior to the reputed split-up of the Carter Family group. I have a reserve on the biography mentioned in the "References" section and I will try to clarify this when I get it. The Post article is here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62042-2003May15.html Also, it looks like Johnny Cash was husband number 3. See an informative biography in the Tennessean: http://tennessean.com/entertainment/news/archives/03/05/32812679.shtml?Element_ID=32812679 Can't find anything about the 2003 released album that 130.39.113.1 mentions. Anyone have info on this one? Wfeidt May 16, 2003 I find some seemingly reliable sources giving "Maces Springs" as the homestead, while others use the singular, "Maces Spring". Sometimes I see both usages in the same document. Anybody know for sure which is right? Wfeidt May 19, 2003 The Washington Post goes for Maces Springs [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62617-2003May16.html] and also confirms two previous husbands, but no mention of a 2003 release. I suggest that the reference to the 2003 album be moved to here and the comment on Johnny Cash being the 3rd husband be reinstated. User:Tiles 01:35 22 May 2003 (UTC) Thanks, Tiles. Sound good to me. And yes, "Will you miss me when I'm gone?" confirms the second husband (Nix) during the Nashville period. User 130.39.113.1 added, "In 2003, she released her last album", but we've been unable to confirm this or discover the title. Any further help will be appreciated. User:Wfeidt 11:06 22 May 2003 (UTC) ---- CNN has an article http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/12/cash.obit/index.html on Johny Cash and they mention that June died on June 12. I don't know if this is accurate. --User:Dori 14:35, 12 Sep 2003 (UTC) : The CNN article actually says "Cash's wife of 35 years, June Carter Cash, died May 15", which agrees with this article. User:Tiles 06:19, 13 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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