The most well-known marriages of Billie Jean Horton, an American country music singer-songwriter and former music promoter, were to Hank Williams, a legendary country musician and singer-songwriter, from 1952 to 1953, and Johnny Horton, a singer, from 1953 to 1960.
Who is Hank Williams wife Billie Jean Horton?
Horton was a Bossier City, Louisiana, police chief’s daughter. When she was introduced to Hank Williams by her then-boyfriend, country artist Faron Young, she divorced her first husband Harrison Eshleman.
On October 18, 1952, they were wed in a private ceremony in Minden, Louisiana. Later, they renewed their vows in front of packed houses at two Billy Williams concerts held in the gymnasiums of Baton Rouge High School and the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the time of her marriage to Williams, she was 19 years old.
On January 1st of 1953, Williams passed away from heart failure, five days before his daughter Jett Williams with Bobbie Jett was born.
She married the country music star Johnny Horton in September of that year, which helped to advance his career. Yanina and Melody were their two daughters, and Horton adopted her daughter Jeri Lynn.
Horton lost his life in a car accident with a lorry on November 5, 1960, leaving Billie Jean a second widow.
