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Apr 29, 2022 · Myrle was born into a family of music in Arkansas. Her father William Alex Greenhaw, was an expert banjo player (and moonshiner), her brother Carl played the piano, and Myrle was an accomplished guitar player, and they all were singers. Myrle married Ira Nelson September 6, 1929 in Newton County, Arkansas. They migrated to Abbott, Texas just ...
- Kenneth L Harvey
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- Pindall, Searcy, Arkansas, USA
- May 3, 1913
Dec 20, 2023 · Myrle Marie Nelson was the mother of singer Willie Nelson. Myrle Marie Nelson’s son wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. The country singer, guitarist, and songwriter is regarded as one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative ...
- 70 years old at the time of death
- Willie Nelson’s mother
- 3 May 1913
- Myrle Marie Nelson
Dec 11, 1983 · Birth: May 3, 1913. Death: Dec. 11, 1983. Myrle was born into a family of music in Arkansas. Her father William Alex Greenhaw, was an expert banjo player (and moonshiner), her brother Carl played the piano, and Myrle was an accomplished guitar player, and they all were singers. Myrle married Ira Nelson September 6, 1929 in Newton County, Arkansas.
- May 3, 1913
- December 11, 1983
1 of 5: Headdress presented to Willie Nelson in honor of his American Indian heritage. This Native American headdress was given to Willie Nelson. His mother, Myrle Marie Greenhaw Nelson, was three-quarters Cherokee, a heritage Nelson embraced throughout his music career. He was twice-honored as the "Outstanding Indian of the Year" by the ...
Myrle was born into a family of music in Arkansas. Her father William Alex Greenhaw, was an expert banjo player (and moonshiner), her brother Carl played the piano, and Myrle was an accomplished guitar player, and they all were singers. Myrle married Ira Nelson September 6, 1929 in Newton County, Arkansas. They...
Nelson was born and raised in Abbott, Texas, the son of Myrle Marie (née Greenhaw) and Ira Doyle Nelson, a mechanic and pool hall owner. His mother left six months after his birth; his father, a few years later. His grandparents William Alfred Nelson and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers, whom he and his sister Bobbie called "Daddy" and "Mama," gave him mail-order music lessons starting at age six. He ...
Mar 11, 2022 · Born on Jan. 1, 1931, in Abbott, Texas, Bobbie was the first child of Myrle Marie and Ira Doyle Nelson, who were teenagers when they became parents. The couple separated shortly after the birth of ...
