George Glenn Jones was a successful American country musician, singer, and songwriter who achieved global fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song “He Stopped Loving Her Today”. For the last two decades of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer.
Who Are George Jones’ Children?
George Glenn Jones has four children and was married four times. He was married to his first wife Dorothy Bonvillion from 1950 until they divorced in 1951. They had a child together. He married his second wife Shirley Ann Corley in 1954 but they divorced in 1968. They had two children. He married American country music artist, actress, and author, Tammy Wynette.
George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s relationship was tumultuous. They were married from 1969 until 1975. George’s drinking problems were a major factor that affected their union. They have one child together. George then married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, the woman who he has credited for saving his life. They were together until George passed away but they had no children together.
Who Is George Jones’ Child With First Wife Dorothy?
George Jones and his first wife Dorothy Bonvillion are the parents of a girl child. They named their daughter Susan Jones. Susan has lived a private life and stays away from the spotlight. Per a source, she is a married woman with children of her own. She and her husband Harmon Smith have two children Jennifer and Michael, and two grandchildren, twins Laura and Jason.
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Who Are George Jones’ Children With Second Wife, Shirley?
George Jones and Shirley Ann Corley are parents of two children. Their children are Bryan Jones and Jeffrey Jones. The two chose different careers. Jeffery Jones owns a flooring business in Vidor, Texas, while Bryan Jones sells auto parts in Huntsville, also in Texas. Bryan and Jeffrey reportedly had a strained relationship with their father at some point in time in 1995.
Bryan Jones and Jeffrey Jones claimed that their father George Jones had denied them profits from some of his hits, which ended up in a federal lawsuit. The brothers, Bryan and Jeffrey said their father and Broadcast Music Inc., refused to honor the terms of his divorce agreement with their mother in 1968.
In the agreement, their mother Shirley Ann Corley was to receive half the rights to all songs written by George Jones and published or controlled by BMI before 1968. After Shirley passed away in 1991, the royalty payments stopped in 1992 and were reverted to George. According to the lawsuit, Shirley bestowed her share to her sons.
George Jones admitted that he failed as a father to his two sons. “That’s one of the things I really missed out on in life. On the road so much, you don’t get to know them.”
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But all’s well that ends well, Bryan said he had accepted the demands that came from his famous father’s “music life.” He said, “George Jones was sent here to do country music, and he knew it.”
Who Is George Jones’ Child With Third Wife Tammy?
From George Jones’ third marriage to Tammy Wynette, he became a father to a girl child. On October 5, 1970, he and Tammy welcomed Georgette Jones into the world. Georgette is a singer-songwriter. She was a registered nurse for 17 years. Per her IMDb profile, she is an actress, producer, and writer as well.
Georgette Jones is known for her work in Mummification, College Schoolgirls and Cheerleaders, Pantyhosed Bound Babes, Sordid Lives: The Series, and George & Tammy. She served as the consulting producer for George & Tammy. George & Tammy is based on her 2011 memoir, The Three of Us: Growing Up With Tammy and George.
Georgette appeared in the final episode of George & Tammy as a backup singer. She told The Hollywood Reporter: “I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh. I am not an actress but I will happily pretend to be one. If they want to put me somewhere — it would be so much fun to be able to do that.”
“I was swept up in a very emotional state of mind during the whole thing. It was strange, knowing that I’m on a simulated bus with what’s supposed to be my parents and their band, but at the same moment, being able to see the scene play out and know what’s happening, listening to the music and listening to the words of the song, and knowing how this is ending the series — it was very, very emotional”.
“I think it hit me full swing when we finished filming it. I just broke down at the end because it was just a release of all that emotion building up for that scene.” Georgette said she used to be a backup singer for her mother in real life. “I actually spent a summer working as a backup singer for my mom when I was starting college”.
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“I have all these memories of — not just working for Mom then — but growing up on the road with one or both of my parents at different times. So I was flooded with a lot of memories of being on the bus and remembering those types of events.”
In Georgette’s book, “The Three of Us: Growing Up with Tammy and George,” she detailed her life with her famous parents. She wrote about her broken relationship with her father and how they were able to come back together.
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