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Looking Back at Country Music in 2005

Country Marriages, Babies, Deaths, and Movies

From Shelly Fabian, for About.com

Josh Gracin lovingly touches his wife's pregnant tummy at the 2005 ACM Awards

Josh Gracin lovingly touches his wife's pregnant tummy at the 2005 ACM Awards

Shelly Fabian

Marriages:

  • Kenny Chesney & Rene Zellweger Married on May 9th, but 4 months later filed for an annulment.
  • Kenny Alphin, aka Big Kenny, married Christiev Carothers in a small mountaintop ceremony in Deadwood, S.D.
  • Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks married in their Oklahoma home on Dec 10, 2005
  • Andy Griggs married longtime girlfriend Renee at a ceremony in Mt. Juliet, Tenn. on Jan. 11.
  • Howard Bellamy of the The Bellamy Brothers married Jennifer Wright on April 6 in Las Vegas. David Bellamy and his wife Susan were in attendance.
  • Terri Clark and Greg Kaczor married on September 17
  • Dierks Bentley and longtime sweetheart Cassidy married on December 17
  • Lila McCann and Mike Wolofsky were married on Nov. 20 at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville.

Babies:

  • Chad Brock and his wife, Natalie, welcomed their first baby boy, Chad Cameron Brock, into the world on Jan. 11. Chad joins big sister Kennedy and both mom and baby are doing well.
  • Lonestar guitarist Michael Britt, his wife Rene, and new big brother Ethan, 3, are pleased to announce the April 25 addition of new daughter Hillary Quinn.
  • Sugarland's Kristian Bush welcomed new daughter Camille Grace Bush. The healthy baby girl and joins big brother Tucker, 3, and mother Jill.
  • Bryan White and wife Erika Page White welcomed their second son, Jackson Dylan on July 8th.
  • Lane Turner and his wife, make-up artist Paula, welcomed the birth of son Sam Guthrie Turner on Aug. 8 weighing in at 7 lbs 3 1/4 ounces and 19 1/2 inches tall. This is their first child.
  • Josh Gracin and his wife Ann Marie welcomed their son, Landon Joshua, into the world on Aug. 4. Both Mother and child are doing great. Landon joins big sister Briana, age three.
  • Rick Trevino has welcomed a new addition to his family. Presley Grace was born Aug. 3, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz.
  • "Big" Kenny Alphin and his wife Christiev welcomed baby boy Lincoln William Holiday Wednesday (10/23) morning at 7:45 a.m. Mother and child are doing well.

Deaths:

  • Merle Kilgore - February 6
  • Sammi Smith - February 12
  • Chris LeDoux - March 9
  • Jimmy Martin - May 14
  • Johnny Cash’s ex-wife Vivian Liberto Cash - May 24
  • Big Al Downing - July 4
  • Jack Yearwood (Trisha Yearwood's father) - September 20
  • Mark Smith (Anthony Smith's brother) September 2
  • Narvel Leroy Blackstock, (Reba McEntire's husband, Narvel Blackstok's father) November 14
  • Valda deVere Perkins, (wife of the late Carl Perkins) - November 15

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