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June Carter: With Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters
In March, 1943, when the Carter Family trio stopped recordingtogether after the WBT contract, Maybelle Carter, with encouragementfrom her husband Ezra, formed
Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisterswith her daughters Helen, Anita, and June. The new group first airedon radio station WRNL in Richmond, Virginia on June 1, 1943.June attended John Marshall High School during this period.In 1946, they moved to more powerful, semi clear-channel WRVA inthe same city. In 1948, the group left Richmond and returnedto Maces Springs.
After a short stay in southwest Virginia, Mother Maybelle and theCarter Sisters headed off to Knoxville, Tennessee where theyhad yet another radio contract on WNOX. Here they met and teamed witha young
Chet Atkins. In 1949, the family travelled toSpringfield, Missouri where they entertained on KWTO.
Ezra Carter declined Grand Ole Opry offers to move the family toNashville, Tennessee a number of times because the Opry would notpermit
Chet Atkins to accompany the group. Finally, in 1950 Oprymanagement relented and the group, along with Atkins, became part ofthe Opry company. Here the family befriended Hank Williams and
Elvis Presley and June would meet
Johnny Cash.
With her thin and lanky frame June often played a comedic foil during the group's performances alongside other Opry stars Faron Young and Webb Pierce.
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