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June Carter Cash ( June 23 , 1929 – May 15 , 2003 ) was a Singer , Songwriter , a member of the first family of Country Music , the Carter Family , and the wife of legendary singer Johnny Cash . She played the Guitar , Banjo , and Autoharp . LIFE AND CAREER With Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters In March 1943 , when the Carter Family trio stopped recording together after the WBT contract, Maybelle Carter , with encouragement from her husband Ezra, formed "Mother Maybelle & the Carter Sisters" with her daughters Helen , Anita , and June. The new group first aired on radio station WRNL in Richmond, Virginia on June 1 . Doc and Carl rejoined them in late 1945 . June, then 16, was a co-announcer with Ken Allyn and did the commercials on the radio shows. For the next year, the Carters and Doc and Carl did show dates within driving range of Richmond through Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania . She later said had to work harder at her music than her sisters, but she had her own special talent, comedy. A highlight of the road shows was her "Aunt Polly" comedy routine. Carl She attended South Rowan High School during this period. Ezra Carter declined Grand Ole Opry offers to move the family to Nashville, Tennessee a number of times because the Opry would not permit Chet Atkins to accompany the group. Finally, in 1950 Opry management relented and the group, along with Atkins, became part of the Opry company. Here the family befriended Hank Williams and Elvis Presley (to whom they were distantly related, along with future U.S. President Jimmy Carter ), and June would meet Cash. With her thin and lanky frame, June Carter often played a comedic foil during the group's performances alongside other Opry stars Faron Young and Webb Pierce . With Johnny Cash June married Johnny Cash, her third husband, in 1968 . Speaking of their 35-year marriage, Rosanne Cash stated that "if being a wife were a corporation, June would have been a CEO. It was her most treasured role." The couple had a son, John Carter Cash . In 1967 , she and Cash won a Grammy Award in the '' Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group (vocal or instrumental)'' category for the song "Jackson." In 1970 , they won again in the ''Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal'' category for the song, "If I Were a Carpenter." Death June died on May 15 , 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee from complications following Heart Valve Surgery two years after she had an Artificial Pacemaker implanted. She was interred in Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee . Johnny Cash died four months later. AWARDS In 1999 , she won a Grammy Award for her album, ''Press On''. Her last album, ''Wildwood Flower'', was released posthumously in 2003 and won two additonal Grammys. It contains bonus video enhancements showing extracts from the film of the recording sessions which took place at the Carter Family Estate in Virginia on September 18 - 20 , 2002 . TRIVIA
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