Jett Williams
Jett Williams | |
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| Born | Antha Belle Jett January 6, 1953 Montgomery, Alabama, United States |
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| Spouses | Keith Adkinson
(m. 1986; died 2013)Kelly Zumwalt (m. 2016) |
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| Family | Hank Williams Jr. (half-brother)Hank Williams III (half-nephew)Holly Williams (half-niece)Coleman Williams (half-grandnephew) |
Jett Williams (born Antha Belle Jett; January 6, 1953)[1] is an American singer and songwriter.
Early life
Born Antha Belle Jett,
Court fight
Deupree knew she was adopted, but did not learn of her biological parents until the early 1980s.[4] Although Hank Williams had executed a custody agreement three months before her birth that gave him custody of his unborn daughter, she was forced to go to extreme lengths to prove the relationship and be recognized as Williams' daughter.[3]
In September 1984, she met and retained Washington, D.C. investigative attorney Keith Adkinson to help her.[5] Within days, he obtained a copy of the custody contract, and within months had conclusive proof Deupree was defrauded for the financial gain of others. A lawsuit was filed based on this discovery. On September 28, 1986, Deupree and Adkinson married in Washington.[6] He died on June 19, 2013. In 2016, Jett married Kelly Zumwalt.
In 1985, the Alabama State Court ruled she was the daughter of Hank Williams. On October 26, 1987, the
Book and honors
In 1990, she published her autobiography Ain't Nothin' as Sweet as My Baby.[6]
In 2000, the Tennessee legislature passed HJR 621 designating May 18, 2000, as "Jett Williams Appreciation Day" in Macon County. [7][8]
Sole rights
In January 2006, the
Jett Williams released a number of albums featuring her own songs, and toured with a version of the Drifting Cowboys to sing her father's songs.[9] Her nephew Hank Williams III is an ardent critic of her, calling her an atrocious performer and saying that she should have written a book instead.[10]
Discography
- That Reminds Me of Hank (Foundation Records, 1993)
- You Are on My Lonely Mind (Self-released, 1999)
- Honk! (Self-released, 2007)
- Mount Olive (Storytown Records, 2017)
References
- ^ a b c Winford Turner (August 27, 1985). "Stone: I know Hank's my dad". TimesDaily. p. 5. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Beville Dunkerley (October 16, 2014). "Hank Williams Movie Casts Four New Roles". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 18, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0-306-81052-2.
- ^ "DON NOBLE: Rheta Grimsley Johnson Writes about Hank Williams". Halifax Media Group. The Tuscaloosa News. April 8, 2012. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ Ali, Lorraine (November 3, 2008). "A Cure for the Long-Gone Lonesome Blues". Newsweek(subscription required). 152 (18). Harmon Newsweek LLC: 64. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c Michelle Green (September 17, 1990). "Vindicated in court, Hank Williams's daughter, Jett, can claim a share of her father's estate—and his heritage". People. Vol. 34, no. 11.
- ^ http://www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/101/2000res.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Jett Williams". Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ Joanne Huebner (August 3, 1989). "Jett Williams to sing Hank's songs". Milwaukee Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Gilbert, Elizabeth (9 August 2010). "Hank Williams III: The Ghost". Gq.com. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
External links
- Official Website Archived 2006-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Jett Williams at AllMusic
- Jett Williams at IMDb
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