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George Jones

Name:George Glenn Jones
Nicknames: Ol' Possum; Rolls Royce of Country Singers; No-Show Jones; Greatest Country Singer Alive
Birth date: Sept. 12, 1931
Birthplace: Saratoga, Texas
Hometown: Moved to Beaumont, Texas, at age 11.

  • Beaumont renamed a block of a street
    George Jones Place in 1995.

  • Hair: silver
    Eyes: hazel
    Height: 5 ft. 7 in.
    Spouse: Nancy, married March 1983
    Children: daughter Susan (with wife Dorothy); sons Jeffrey and Brian (with wife Shirley Ann); daughter Tamala Georgette (with wife Tammy Wynette); stepdaughters Adina and Sherry (by wife Nancy)
    Record Label: Epic Records

    Fan Club Info:
    George Jones Fan Club
    296 Wine Branch Road
    Murphy, NC 28906-9319
    (828) 837-7622


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