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  Jett Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jett is the daughter of country music icon Hank Williams, Sr.
Jett knew she was adopted but it was not until the early 1980s that she learned who her biological parents were.
In 1985 the Alabama State Court ruled that she was the daughter of Hank Williams, and in 1987 the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that she was entitled to her half-share in the Williams estate, as she had been the victim of fraud and judicial error.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jett_Williams   (429 words)

  
 Hank Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hank Williams was born in Georgiana, Alabama (this is sometimes listed as nearby Mount Olive, Butler County, Alabama) in 1923 to Elonzo Williams and Jessie Lillybelle.
In 1950, Williams began recording as Luke the Drifter, an appellation given to Williams for use in identifying his more moralistic and religious-themed recordings, many of which are recitations rather than his usual crooning.
Hank Williams' remains are interred at the Oakwood Annex in Montgomery, Alabama.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hank_Williams   (2069 words)

  
 Webster & Associates PR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jett Williams, daughter of the legendary Hank Williams, was born in Montgomery, Alabama, five days after her father died on his way to Canton, Ohio, where he was to perform on New Year's Day, 1953.
The Williams family made Jett a ward of the State of Alabama and she was relocated to a foster home in Pine Level, Alabama, at the age of three.
Jett Williams was declared by court order dated October 26, 1987, to be the biological daughter of Hank Williams.
www.websterpr.com /jett_williams.htm   (661 words)

  
 Jett Williams
Jett was born five days after her father's death and, in a series of rather bizarre events, Jett was adopted twice and never told her true identity.
Jett Williams now is a star in her own right, and her musical talents are appreciated in concerts around the globe.
Williams for all of her efforts to help Macon County students and the citizens of Macon County in general.
www.maconcountytn.com /jett_williams.htm   (497 words)

  
 Hank Williams: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Williams' drug problems continued to spiral out of control as he moved to Nashville[For more info, click on this link] and officially divorced his wife.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hank_williams.htm   (2205 words)

  
 90.3 WCPN: Hank Williams: Still Cookin' ...Extras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hank Sr.’s daughter was born in January 1953, as the result of a liaison between Hank and Bobbie Jett.
Jett was in Cleveland as part of the 2002 American Music Masters concert held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
Jett Williams: Growing up, I remember, we have the beach down there, in the summer I’d go down with my adopted parents and they’d get draft beer and whatever.
www.wcpn.org /specials/hank/jett_williams.shtml   (733 words)

  
 Like father, like daughter
Jett Williams was born a few days later to a mother who showed little intere st in raising her.
Jett Williams is an advocate for open adoption, and she vigorously supports the rights of adopte es to know who they are.
Williams has recorded her own music and likes to offer audiences a mix of ol der classics, but the magic comes when she sings the lyrical, often mournful son gs that her father Hank wrote and sang.
www.pahealthsystems.com /message111626.html   (964 words)

  
 Jett Transcript
JETT: Well, when I came to this county in 1941 there were where about 40 thousand head of breeding ewes.
JETT: Located right up here on railroad property in the beginning in 1970 we purchased what was known as the old fairground property.
That meant old Jett had to be out there ____ those farms at the break of dawn.
www.marshall.edu /speccoll/cass/html/jett_transcript.htm   (1302 words)

  
 The News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jett Williams and her husband Keith were initially invited to Roatan in 2004 based on the love and legacy of her father’s music.
Jett was invited to attend, be inducted into their Hall Of Fame and accept the induction and award on behalf of her dad, Hank Williams.
Jett is the distinguished guest aboard the USS Philippine Sea and will accompany the sailors on their journey from Jacksonville, Florida to New York, New York to take part in the 16th Annual Fleet Week, in which President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush serve as event co-chairs.
www.jettwilliams.com /_old_site/news.htm   (6205 words)

  
 That Reminds Me of Hank
The daughter of country music legend Hank Williams, Williams has often been referred to as “country music’s best kept secret” since her paternity was unknown to her until she was an adult–and then it was only hinted at.
In a quest that can only be characterized as “relentless,” Williams was able to prove that she was not only Hank Williams’ daughter but also the rightful heir to half of his estate (to be shared with her step-brother Hank Williams Jr.).
Williams was ultimately able to prove that she was deliberately defrauded.
www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/02034/jett-keynote.html   (897 words)

  
 'Move It on Over' for Jett Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jett Williams, above and below, was the star attraction at the 2005 Hank Williams Festival, which honored her father.
Williams also knows she burst onto the scene on the strength of her Dad's name, riding his coattails.
When Jett met him in 1984, he was finishing up work on the music for the movie depicting Patsy Cline's life, "Sweet Dreams." He let her borrow about 20 of Cline's masters and she practiced with them.
www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/livingtoday/050616/jett.shtml   (866 words)

  
 Webster & Associates PR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Jett’s story is currently in development as a major made for television blockbuster.
• The Williams family made Jett a ward of the State of Alabama and she was relocated to a foster home in Pine Level, Alabama, at the age of three.
She was infused to the bone with the soul and passion of her father’s love of music and his ability to wring the last lonely tear out of lyric.
www.websterpr.com /pressdetails.php?ID=116   (1038 words)

  
 HOME
Starved of love and affection, Jett Williams unlocks the secrets of her existence as Hanks little girl, as records and documents, hidden for thirty years are exposed.
It wasn't until the age of 21 that Jett's adoptive mother told her that there was a rumour, she might be the daughter of the legendary Hank Williams.
Jett Williams also came to know Hank Williams had a complex life and during his last four years was fraught with insurmountable problems.
www.gpservices38.freeserve.co.uk /brjett.htm   (413 words)

  
 Thanks for the Music; JETT WILLIAMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On August 14th, Jett Williams returns to Kowaliga (15 miles south of Alexander City, Alabama on Highway 63 at the Kowaliga Bridge) to celebrate the return of Hank Williams favorite getaway spot and where she got her start.
Jett Williams recently took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony marking the restoration of what is historically documented to be Hank Williams's favorite getaway.
Jett will host a benefit concert for Childrens Harbor in Alexander City, AL on Saturday (14th) evening at the Lake Martin Amphitheater.
www.thanksforthemusic.com /events/jettw.html   (123 words)

  
 Stories
Williams was a superstar by the age of 25; he was dead at the age of 29.
Williams continued to play a large number of concerts, but he was always drunk during the show, or he missed the gig altogether.
Jett Williams took an emotional journey last summer to the Kowaliga Bay site to dedicate the cabin that had been restored to its 1952 likeness, as when her parents stayed there that mid-August.
www.dickshuey.com /stories/story102.html   (7207 words)

  
 Williams, Jett -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Williams is the birth child of Hank Williams, the country and western singing star.
She was born in Montgomery, Alabama, (named Antha Belle Jett) five days after he died and adopted by her grandmother, who renamed her Catherine Yvonne Stone.
Jett, who has now changed her name to Jett Williams, follows in father Hank's footsteps as a country and western singer, even using some of his backing musicians and songs.
famous.adoption.com /famous/williams-jett.html   (333 words)

  
 Jett Williams - The Legand Lives On
"Jett Williams is a very talented entertainer who puts her heart and soul into her performances.
Since her professional debut in 1989, Jett Williams has performed over 450 shows in the U.S., Japan, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Canada and France.
Jett has the talent, the temperament, the recognition, the resources, the stability, the professionalism, the delivery, the stage presence and the experience to be the solution to your entertainment needs.
patriciaryan-music.com /JettWilliams.html   (267 words)

  
 Jett Williams
When she turned 21, Jett's adoptive mother told her there was a rumor she might be the daughter of the legendary Hank Williams.
In 1984, Jett met Keith Adkinson, a Washington, D.C. investigative attorney, whom she retained to find out, once and for all, who she was.
The Jett Williams Show is presented as an adult performance without annoying and deafening loudness (even some young folks have thanked us for this.) So your audience will enjoy the show, not be run out of the venue by it.
www.talentondisplay.com /JettWilliams.html   (1143 words)

  
 Salon Arts & Entertainment Log | Hank Williams Sr.'s illegitimate daughter won't collect $12 million ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Woman claimed singer's attorney and sister hid the fact that she was Williams' daughter.
Jett Williams was born five days after the country legend died in 1953.
Jett Williams was cared for by her mother until she died.
www.salon.com /ent/log/1999/06/04/hank/print.html   (206 words)

  
 Hank's songs - SFCommunity Message Board
Jett Williams has held the transcriptions since the late ‘80s.
In 1997, Jett Williams filed an injunction to prevent Legacy Entertainment Group from releasing an overdubbed version of the radio shows.
Jett Williams plans to help supervise an official release of the recordings.
www.songwriterforums.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=893   (376 words)

  
 Hank Williams Sr Story
That year, Audrey Williams gave birth to Randall Hank Williams (Hank Williams, Jr.), and Hank Williams brought together Bob McNett (guitar), Hillous Butrum (bass guitar), Jerry Rivers (fiddle) and Don Helms (steel guitar) to form the most famous version of the Drifting Cowboys.
His son Hank Williams, Jr., daughter Jett Williams, and grandson Hank Williams III are country musicians as well.
Hank Williams is interred at the Oakwood Annex in Montgomery, Alabama.
www.top-country-songs.com /hank_williams_sr.html   (804 words)

  
 Court frees Hank Williams recordings
The catalog was ruled to be the exclusive property of the singer’s heirs — son Hank Williams Jr.
Since the late 1980s, Jett Williams has had transcription discs of pre-produced segments that Williams recorded in 1951 for “Mother’s Best Flour Show,” a 15-minute show that once aired on WSM-AM 650.
There is enough material for four new original Hank Williams albums, said Keith Adkinson, Jett Williams’ husband and the attorney who filed the suit.
www.collegiatetimes.com /print.php?a=1759   (252 words)

  
 Montgomery Advertiser : : Hank Williams A Tribute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bobbie Jett, the Nashville secretary with whom the singer had an affair, had written an Aug. 31, 1953, note identifying Hank Williams as the father.
It would take 35 years before the courts recognized her, and that may never have happened if she hadn't met and married an attorney, Keith Adkinson, who was as determined to prove her identity as she was.
For years, Jett Williams' half-brother, Hank Williams Jr., steadfastly refused to recognize her, let alone talk to her, but the pair made a public reconciliation in 1998 at the Country Music Hall of Fame, where an 8-foot bronze statue of Hank Williams Sr.
www.montgomeryadvertiser.com /specialreports/hank50/storyHankDAUGHTER31z.htm   (511 words)

  
 k92fm.com: News : Grand Ole Opry Honors Hank
Hank Williams, who died at age 29 on New Year's Day 1953, has long been considered country music's greatest singer and songwriter, tallying up 11 #1 singles, 16 Top 5's and 9 Top 10's in his short but legendary career.
Williams made his Opry debut on June 11, 1949 at the young age of 26 and was so well received he was brought back to perform six encores.
Jett Williams, for several years, struggled to validate her birth as the daughter of Hank Williams who died just five days before Jett was born.
k92fm.com /news/01-03-03hank_weekend.html   (528 words)

  
 Jett Williams
Jett Williams est la fille du légendaire Hank Williams.
Elle a été abandonnée par sa mère naturelle (Bobbie Jett de Nashville) et recueillie par sa grand-mère paternel Lilian qui l'adoptera officiellement en décembre 1954.
On June 4, 1989 Jett made her professional signing debut to a standing ovation at the annual celebration of her father in Evergreen Alabama.
www.country-musique.com /JettWill.html   (346 words)

  
 'Lost recordings' of Hank Williams can be released, court says - Wednesday, 09/10/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The catalog of 150 songs, including 40 that were never released, was ruled to be the exclusive property of the singer's heirs — daughter Jett Williams and son Hank Williams Jr.
He and Jett Williams frequently have been at opposite sides of the courtroom over her rights as an heir to the estate.
For years Jett Williams sought to prove that she was the daughter of Hank Williams, who died in 1953 — five days before she was born.
www.tennessean.com /business/archives/03/09/39042977.shtml?Element_ID=39042977   (529 words)

  
 Jett Williams to Deliver Women's History Month Keynote
Jett Williams, daughter of the legendary country singer Hank Williams and a singer and songwriter in her own right, will deliver the 2002 Women's History Month keynote address at the Library of Congress at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 5, in the Mumford Room, sixth floor, James Madison Memorial Building.
Williams made her professional signing debut in 1989, blending her father's classics, such as "Your Cheatin' Heart," with her originals.
In 1993, she appeared for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. For more than a decade she has shared the stage with country music legends such as George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Conway Twitty, and brought to life her father's legacy for a new generation of fans.
www.loc.gov /today/pr/2002/02-014.html   (310 words)

  
 Jett, Brent Ward, Jr - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Jett, Brent Ward, Jr
His three space shuttle flights include the Atlantis mission in January 1997 to dock with the Russian space station Mir for the second exchange of astronauts.
Jett was selected as an astronaut in 1992.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Jett,%20Brent%20Ward,%20Jr   (142 words)

  
 Archives: Story
The Jett Williams Annual Music Festival, which benefits the Fred and Ruth Clark Scholarship Fund, started one day when Fred Clark brought his customary half cup of coffee to neighbor Keith Adkinson's house to talk politics and music.
Clark was born in the house that Adkinson and his wife, Jett Williams, live in.
The sentiment was echoed by Adkinson and Williams, who found themselves at home in the warm and welcome embrace of Macon County: They, too, wanted to give back to the community that had given them so much.
www.maconcountytimes.com /articles/2006/05/03/news/newsc.txt   (577 words)

  
 MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS - Jett Williams to be inducted into Hall of Fame during Bluegrass Festival
As witnessed by one listen to her newest CD project, "You Are On My Lonely Mind," Jett inherited much more from her famous daddy than just a striking family resemblance.
Her stage show is has been called "the best traditional country music act on the road today." Critics and fans alike have said that seeing Jett on stage singing her songs, her father's songs, and other country classics is like seeing a ghost.
Every Jett Williams concert blends heritage and history with the past and the present and does so with class.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10072059&BRD=326&PAG=461&dept_id=449012&rfi=6   (370 words)

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