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    • Jun 14, 1952
    Hank Williams meets his future wife, Billie Jean Jones, backstage at the Ryman Auditorium during a Grand Ole Opry performance
    Sep 20, 1952
    Hank Williams introduces "Louisiana Hayride" producer Horace Logan to Billie Jean Jones, the former girlfriend of Faron Young. Williams marries her four weeks later
    Oct 18, 1952
    Hank Williams marries Billie Jean Jones Eshliman in Minden, Louisiana. On the way back to Shreveport, their car runs out of gas
    Oct 19, 1952
    Hank Williams and Billie Jean Jones repeat their wedding vows from the previous day in front of a New Orleans concert audience
    Oct 28, 1952
    Billie Jean Eshliman's divorce from Harrison Eshliman is finalized--10 days after she married Hank Williams
    Dec 27, 1952
    Hank and Billie Jean Williams attend the Blue-Gray Football Classic at Cramton Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama. They leave before halftime of the NCAA game, a 28-7 win for the Gray team
    Jan 8, 1953
    Just one week after Hank Williams' death, his widow, Billie Jones Williams, blasts Hank's mother: "She is trying to cheat me out of everything, but I think she will fail"
    Mar 17, 1953
    At a trial in Houston, Billie Jean Williams blames the death of her husband, Hank Williams, on narcotics prescribed by the defendant, Toby Marshall, a self-described "alcohol therapist" she calls a "quack"
    Sep 26, 1953
    Less than a year after Hank Williams' death, Johnny Horton marries Williams' widow, Billie Jean Williams
    Oct 22, 1975
    The courts rule that Billie Jean Williams' marriage to Hank Williams was valid and that she is entitled to 50% of his royalties from copyright renewal. Williams' first wife, Audrey, had contested Billie Jean's rights
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