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Personal life[edit] Dickens married Connie Chapman in 1944; the marriage ended in divorce in 1955. Later that year, he married Ernestine Jones; she died in 1968 in an automobile accident while traveling in Texas. He married Mona Evans in 1971. [13] They had two daughters, Pamela Detert and Lisa King.
The eldest of 13 children, James Cecil Dickens was born at home in the tiny unincorporated town of Bolt, deep in the coal-mining region of southern West Virginia. He was raised by his...
Little Jimmy Dickens Biography. Born James Cecil Dickens, December 19, 1920, in Bolt, WV; son of a farmer; wife, Ernestine, is deceased; children: Pamela Jean. Education: Attended University of West Virginia. Addresses: Record company-- Rounder Records, One Camp St., Cambridge, MA 02140.
From left: Little Jimmy Dickens with his daughter, Pamela Jean, and his wife, Ernestine, late 1950s. Photo by Elmer Williams. Click to expand image
Musician James Cecil ‘‘Little Jimmy’’ Dickens (December 19, 1920-January 2, 2015) was born in Bolt, Raleigh County, the oldest of 13 children. He began performing in the 1930s while attending West Virginia University.
Jan 2, 2015 · Married since 1971 to his wife Mona, he was also a proud father to daughters Pamela and Lisa. The pictures in the gallery below, which cover various stages of Dickens' life and career, only...
Jan 3, 2015 · He is survived by his wife, Mona Dickens, married since 1971, and two daughters, Pamela Detert and Lisa King. Dickens was the longest running member of the Opry, joining in 1948, and...
He was the oldest of 13 children in his family. He grew up exposed to music played by his singing, guitar-picking mother and by a number of coalminer relatives. While still a student in high school, he began singing on a radio show based in Beckley, West Virginia.
He was born James Cecil Dickens in 1920 in the town of Bolt, W.Va., the oldest of 12 children. Dickens started his career in Country Music playing live on WJLS/W.Va. radio in the late 1930s. His involvement in Country radio lasted more than a decade, and included stints in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Topeka, Kan. and Saginaw, Mich.
Jan 3, 2015 · Dickens is survived by his wife of 43 years, Mona, and two daughters, Pamela Detert and Lisa King. The Country Music Hall of Famer has died at age 94.
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