Overview (3) Mini Bio (1) Born in Cohutta, Georgia (population 661), Marla Maples got her start as an overachieving student, athlete, and homecoming queen who attended the University of Georgia before heading to New York City to pursue a career in the arts.
Hank Williams was born the 17th September 1923 in Mount Olive West AL in Butler County. His parents lived by then in a log cabin. Hanks father worked for the local lumbercompany. The house was called 'the Kendrick place' because originally it had been built by the Kendrick-family.
Payne had a major influence on Williams' later musical style, along with Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb. During this time, Williams informally changed his name to Hank, believing it to be a better name for country music. He moved to Montgomery, where he began his music career in 1937, when producers at radio station WSFA hired him to perform and host a 15-minute program.