Eleventh Generation

9808. Carl Milton SMITH was born on 15 March 1927 in Maynardville, Union Co., TN. He graduated in April 1945 in Horace Maynard High School, Maynardville, TN.²⁷⁵² He died on 16 January 2010 at the age of 82 in Franklin, TN. Carl Smith, a country music hitmaker of the 1950s and 1960s known for his dynamic voice and good looks, has died. He was 82.
Williamson Memorial Funeral Home says Smith died Saturday at his Tennessee home.
Smith had 41 chart singles during the 1950s, including the hits "Are You Teasing Me," "Back Up Buddy," and "Hey Joe!"
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2003.
Smith was a member of the Grand Ole Opry but left in 1956 to try his hand at acting. He appeared in two westerns, "The Badge of Marshal Brennan" and "Buffalo Gun."
From 1964 to 1969, he hosted 190 episodes of "Carl Smith's Country Music Hall" on Canadian television.
Smith, the father of country artist Carlene Carter, married fellow singer Goldie Hill in 1957. She died in 2005.
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FRANKLIN, Tennessee
The "Country Gentleman" died in his home Saturday. 16 Jan 2010
Carl Smith is a country music singer and guitarist . Known as "Mister Country", Smith is the former husband of June Carter Cash and drinking buddy of Johnny Cash . Carl and June are the parents of singer Carlene Carter . After his divorce from June, he married country singer Goldie Hill , and was married to Hill until her death in 2005.
He retired from performing in 1979 . He had many famous hits including, "Kisses Don't Lie", "Are You Teasing Me", "Hey Joe", and many others. In 2003, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . He is probably best known for the recording of "Times A-Wastin'" with June Carter.

Carl Milton SMITH and Valerie June "June" CARTER were married on 9 June 1952.²⁷⁵² They²⁷⁵² were divorced in 1956 in TN. Valerie June "June" CARTER, daughter of A. CARTER and Maybelle (?), was born on 23 June 1929 in Maces Springs, Scott Co., VA. She died on 15 May 2003 at the age of 73 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. June died on May 15 , 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee from complications following heart valve surgery two years after she had an artificial pacemaker implanted. Johnny Cash died four months later. She was buried in May 2003 in Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, TN. Cash was born Valerie June Carter in Maces Springs, Virginia She was born into country music and performed with the Carter Family from a young age, beginning around 1939. In March 1943, when the Carter Family trio stopped recording together after the WBT contract, Maybelle Carter, with encouragement from her husband Ezra, formed "Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters" with her daughters Helen, Anita, and June. The new group first aired on radio station WRNL in Richmond, Virginia, on June 1. Doc and Carl rejoined them in late 1945. June, then 16, was a co-announcer with Ken Allyn and did the commercials on the radio shows. For the next year, the Carters and Doc and Carl did show dates within driving range of Richmond through Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. She later said she had to work harder at her music than her sisters, but she had her own special talent, comedy. A highlight of the road shows was her "Aunt Polly" comedy routine. Carl wrote in his memoirs that June was "a natural born clown, if there ever was one." She attended South Rowan High School during this period.
Ezra Carter declined Grand Ole Opry offers to move the family to Nashville, Tennessee a number of times because the Opry would not permit Chet Atkins to accompany the group. Finally, in 1950 Opry management relented and the group, along with Atkins, became part of the Opry company. Here the family befriended Hank Williams and Elvis Presley (to whom they were distantly related), and June met Johnny Cash.
With her thin and lanky frame, June Carter often played a comedic foil during the group's performances alongside other Opry stars Faron Young and Webb Pierce.

Carl Milton SMITH and Valerie June "June" CARTER had the following children:

Carl Milton SMITH and Angolda Voncile "Goldie" HILL were married in 1957 in TN.²⁷⁵² Angolda Voncile "Goldie" HILL, daughter of Eddie HILL, was born on 11 January 1933 in Karnes City, Karnes Co., TX. She died on 24 February 2005 at the age of 72. Goldie Hill is probably best known for her 1953 hit "I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes", which was an answer song to "Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes", a hit song for Slim Willet, Perry Como and Skeets McDonald. Goldie Hill opened doors for many future female Country singers like Jean Shepard, Patsy Cline and Skeeter Davis . Her career started in 1952 when she performed on the show Louisiana Hayride and shortly after, Hill landed a contract with Decca Records . "I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes" became a big hit soon after. Goldie Hill became one of the few female country singers on the charts that year, like her Kitty Wells, who gained success the previous year. Goldie Hill remained on the charts with a few solid follow-ups after the success of "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes". These hits were mainly duets like "Looking Back to See" and "Sure Fire Kisses", both duets with Justin Tubb. Other hit singles were "Are You Mine", a duet with Red Sovine and "I'm Beginning to Feel Mistreated", which was a solo single by Hill.

Carl Milton SMITH and Angolda Voncile "Goldie" HILL had the following children: