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  • Janette Carter dies at age 82

    01/23/2006 7:14:04 AM PST · by Borges · 19 replies · 997+ views
    Kingsport Times News ^ | 1.23.06 | Jeff Bobo
    KINGSPORT - The last of her generation, Carter Family matriarch Janette Carter, 82, died early Sunday morning at Holston Valley Medical Center after slipping into unconsciousness and being hospitalized on Tuesday. Carter was the last surviving daughter of country music legend A.P. Carter, who was the founder and leader of the country music trio The Carter Family that began recording in 1927. With the death last March of Janette's brother Joe, Janette became the last surviving child of members of the original Carter Family group. Janette Carter had been unconscious since Tuesday evening, but her struggles with health problems were...