Audrey Williams
Audrey Williams was born in Pike County, Alabama, United States on February 28th, 1923 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 52, Audrey Williams biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Audrey Mae Sheppard Williams (February 28, 1923 – November 4, 1975) was an American singer best known for being Hank Williams Jr.'s first wife, as the grandmother of Hank Williams III and Holly Williams, as the mother of Hank Williams Jr.
Early life and marriages
Sheppard was born in Banks, Alabama, and the niece of Artie Mae (née Harden; 1903-1976) and Charles "Shelton" Sheppard were born. She grew up on a farm owned and operated by her parents. James Erskine Guy, Sheppard's first husband, was sheppard's first husband, who she married when she was a high school senior. Lycrecia, the mother's daughter, was born in 1941, and the couple were divorced soon after.
In 1943, Sheppard met Hank Williams. Despite Williams' mother and bandmates' concerns, Sheppard was recruited to the band as an occasional singer and upright bassist. The two were married ten days after Sheppard's divorce from her first husband was finalized in December 1944. At the officiant's gas station in Andalusia, Alabama, a justice of the peace performed the service.
Later life and death
Williams and her son, Hank Jr., became estranged after he turned 18 years old. She never remarried.
Williams died of congestive heart disease on November 4, 1975, at the age of 52.
Music career
Williams assumed the role of her husband's unofficial boss soon after their wedding, a position previously held by her mother-in-law, Lillie Williams. The couple spent a few days in Nashville in the hopes of meeting composer and music publisher Fred Rose of Acuff-Rose Publishing. Hank Williams recorded two singles for Sterling Records: "Never Again" in December 1946 and "Honky Tonkin" in February 1947. Both were profitable, and MGM Records' contract was signed in 1947, with Rose as the singer's official manager and record producer.
Williams, on the other hand, started to fight for her own place in the limelight. "Her duets with Hank were like an extension of their married life in that she fought him for dominance on every note." Audrey was featured on "Lost on the River"'s recordings, "I Heard My Mother Praying for Me," "I Heard My Mother Praying for Me," "I Know Me"," "I Know You," "I Want to Live and Love," and "Where the Soul of a Man Never Dies" after recording several duets with her husband.
