More on Anna Nicole's early life. Note that her mother had five husbands:
Vickie Lynn Hogan was born on November 28, 1967 in Houston, Texas. She was the only child of Donald Eugene Hogan (born July 12, 1947) and Virgie Mae Tabers (born July 12, 1951) who married on February 22, 1967, although she had several half-siblings. Her father then left the family; he and Tabers were divorced November 4, 1969.
Vickie Hogan was raised by her mother and maternal aunt, Elaine Tabers. Virgie Tabers subsequently married Donald R. Hart (1971), Joe D. Thompson (1987), James T. Sanders (1996) and James H. Arthur (2000). After Tabers married Donald R. Hart, Vickie Hogan changed her name to Nikki Hart.
Vickie's younger half-sisters are Donna Hogan and Amy Hogan. Her older half-brother is David L. Tacker, Jr., and her younger half-brothers are Donald R. Hart, Jr., and Donald R. Hogan.
While growing up, Hogan told others she wanted to be the next Marilyn Monroe. She moved from Houston to Mexia, Texas when in the ninth grade. At Mexia High School she failed her freshman year dropped out of her sophomore, and never progressing past an eighth grade education.
While working as a waitress at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Mexia, she met Billy Wayne Smith, who was the cook at the restaurant. The couple married April 4, 1985; she was 17 and he was 16. The next year, she gave birth to their son, Daniel Wayne Smith.
She and Billy separated in 1987 and she moved to Houston with one-year-old Daniel. Initially, she found employment at Wal-Mart and later as a waitress at Red Lobster. She became a stripper at a nightclub in Houston.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nicole_Smith
Interesting "lawyer" tidbit this morning - Houston's own "The Mighty Quinn," John O'Quinn - is now representing Virgie in the body case and is already on the scene in FL as we speak.
He's known for his big-ticket medical case arguments, especially tobacco and silicone breast implants!
It's incredible how Anna's mother, Vergie, went through so much turmoil in her life and had 6 kids with these men!
Thanks for posting this - Virgie having FIVE husbands is a shock. Based on names & ages, it appears that only one of the half-siblings is Virgie's (Donald Hart) the others are Hogan's.
I understood from earlier articles/reports - and posted them on this thread - that she was a "single mother of six".
My apologies for being inaccurate.