Janette Carter [SEP] mother
Janette Carter
Janette Carter (July 2, 1923 – January 22, 2006) was the last surviving child of A.P. and Sara Carter, of Carter Family musical fame. In 1976, she and community members built an 880-seat amphitheater, the Carter Family Fold, beside the store her father operated in Southwestern Virginia. Today, the Carter Family Fold attracts more than 50,000 visitors a year.
She had three children from her first husband: Donald William (deceased), Rita Janette, and James Delaney (Dale).
," had a program on WRNL in Richmond, Virginia. Maybelle's brother, Hugh Jack (Doc) Addington, Jr., and Carl McConnell, known as The Original Virginia Boys, also played music and sang on the radio show.
Chet Atkins joined them playing electric guitar in 1949 until leaving in 1950.
A.P., Sara, and their children Joe and Janette recorded 3 albums in the 1950s under the name of The A.P. Carter Family. Mother Maybelle Carter and the Carter Sisters began using the name "the