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Evangelist, Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Born March 29, 1929, Lockhardt, South Carolina - Died Nov. 19, 2008, Sevierville, Tennessee
Daughter of Jake Robert Owens; Sister of Estelle Watson, Louis Owens, John Henry III, Avie Lee, and Bill Owens; Mother of Dale Puckett, Dwight Puckett, and Debbie Jo Puckett; Aunt of Dolly Parton, Stella Parton, Willadeene Parton, Cassie Parton, Randy Parton, Freida Parton, Floyd Parton, Rachel Dennison, Richie Owens, and Jeff Owens.
Learned guitar and banjo as a child and performed with her father the Rev. Jake Owens and her siblings. In the early 1950s, she became a travelling evangelist and provided inspiration to her niece, Dolly Parton, to pursue her own music career. In the late 1960s and early 70s, she co-wrote several songs with Dolly including "Daddy Come and Get Me," "J.J. Sneed," and "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man." She also recorded albums with the Pell Brothers and Walter Bailes Singers and appeared regularly on the Wheeling Jamboree. Her gospel composition, "Yes I See God," was featured on Dolly's "The Golden Streets of Glory" album and has been covered by many gospel artists. Beginning in the mid-1980s she joined several of her siblings in "The Kin Folks" band that performed regularly at Dollywood.
1989
Not On Label
Cass, Album
1983
Express Records (17)
7", Single, Promo
1983
Express Records (17)
LP, Album
1974
Starlit Records (3)
LP, Album
1973
Pell Bros. Records
LP, Album, Com
Express Records (17)
7", Single
2015
Sony Music Commercial Music Group, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
CD, Comp
2011
Not On Label
CDr, Album
2010
2009
2009
2008
2006
2003
RCA, BMG
CD, Comp
2003
BMG Special Products
CD, Comp
2003
Not On Label
CD, Album
1999
Guernsey Cove Parlour
Cass, Album, Dol
1999
1996
Music Box Records (6)
CD, Album
1996
1993
1993
1988
Main Tripp Records
Cass, Album
1988
1987
1984
1981
1980
1979
RCA Victor
7", Single
1978
Broadland
7", Single
1978
1977
Not On Label
7", Single
1976
1976
1976
1975
1974
RCA Camden
LP, Album
1974
Jordan Records (5)
LP
1974
1974
1972
RCA Victor
7", Jukebox
1972
1972
1972
1972
1971
RCA Victor
LP, Album
1971
1971
1971
1970
Stop Records Inc.
7", Promo, D J
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1969
1968
Inspiration Records (10)
LP, Album
1967
REM Records (2)
LP, Album
1959
Not On Label
LP, Album
2024
Dorothy Jo Hope