Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Cary Deason
and Myrtle B (Street) Deason
Sister of
William L. Deason and Mittie (Deason) Coss
Wife of
Johnnie Robert Wright Jr
— married
30 Oct 1937 [location unknown]
Mother of
Ruby Jean (Wright) Taylor
Died
at age 92
in Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2020
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Biography
Kitty (Deason) Wells is Notable.
Kitty Wells was an American pioneering female country music singer.
Ellen Muriel Deason was born in 1919 in Nashville, Tennessee. Her parents were Charles Deason and Myrtle Street[1]
Muriel was ten years old and living with her parents in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennesse on the 1930 census. [2]
Muriel married Johnnie Wright, a cabinetmaker and budding country singer, in 1937. Johnnie and Muriel appear in the 1940 census with Johnnie's parents plus Muriel's mother living with them in Nashville, Tennessee. [3]
In 1952, using the professional stage name "Kitty Wells," Muriel became the first female artist to earn a number one single with, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." During her career, she broke the Top 10 in the country charts 29 times, and topped the charts twice. [4]
As the top female country star of her generation, she accumulated thirty-five Billboard Top Ten records and eighty-one charted singles. She starred in her own syndicated TV show in 1968, and her last major hit was in 1971. Her three children with Wright—daughters Ruby and Carol Sue, and son Bobby—all became part of The Kitty Wells-Johnny Wright Family Show, which continued to tour throughout 2000, when Wells and Wright announced their retirement and gave their final performance, on New Year’s Eve. Wells was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, along with Bob Dylan, Marian Anderson, and John Lennon in 1991.[5]
Kitty and husband Johnnie Wright were married almost 74 years when Johnnie died on 27 Sep 2011. They had three children, eight grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
She passed away 16 July 2012 in Madison, Tennessee. She was 92 years old. Kitty and her husband Johnnie are buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. [6]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGF-35K : 22 December 2020), Murrell Deason in entry for Charles R Deason, 1920.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPWX-GSX : accessed 14 January 2021), Muriel Deason in household of Charles C Deason, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 4A, line 32, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2241; FHL microfilm 2,341,975.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CV-JGS : 11 January 2021), Muriel Wright in household of Muriel Deason, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 99-89, sheet 3B, line 53, family 59, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3973.
- ↑ Kitty Wells Wikipedia entry.
- ↑ https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artist/kitty-wells/
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #219417802 memorial page for Kitty Wells (30 Aug 1919–16 Jul 2012) citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
See also:
- Ad for Kitty Wells appearance, The St. Clair Chronicle, 27 Nov 1952, p. 8, col. 1. clipping, free to view.
- Wikidata: Item Q272913
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