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Jan Howard: A Life of Sunshine and Shadow
Country music and the folk heritage from which it emerged tells timeless stories of heartbreaks, heroics and happy endings.
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Jan Howard’s life embodied that legacy.
When Howard passed away on March 28, 2020, at age 91, she had been a member of the Grand Ole Opry for 49 years and was its oldest living member.
Opry Vice President and Executive Producer Dan Rogers said that Howard was “a force of nature in country music, at the Opry and in life, adding, “We’re all better for having had her in our lives.”
Born Lula Grace Johnson on March 13, 1929, at the onset of the Great Depression, her parents and 10 siblings struggled to survive.
Her life would continue to be very challenging.
She was raped by a family friend at age 8. As teenager during WWII she worked for food for her family. She dropped out of high school, limiting her future job options as a single mother to the point that she once supported her children by working as a strip