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Musician Anita Carter dies at 66
- - - - - - - - - - - - July 30, 1999 | NASHVILLE, Tenn. --
The younger sister of June Carter Cash and sister-in-law of Johnny Cash
had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for several years. She died at her
home Thursday. The cause of death was not immediately known, said Lou
Robin, Cash's manager. "My sister (Anita) had the greatest voice of anybody in this town,
absolutely the prettiest voice," June Carter Cash said in an interview with
The Associated Press earlier this year. "She was perhaps the greatest
stand-up bass player, except for when her arthritis made her stop
playing." Recording sessions by the original Carter Family -- A.P. Carter, his wife,
Sara, and his sister-in-law Mother Maybelle Carter -- in the 1920s
marked the beginning of the country music industry. Ina Anita Carter was born March 31, 1933, in Maces Spring, Va., one of
three daughters of Maybelle and her husband, Ezra Carter, a brother of
A.P. who sometime played with the trio. Anita and sisters June and Helen performed with the Carter Family as
children, and then with their mother as Mother Maybelle & the Carter
Sisters. Old standards of the Carter Family, such as "Wildwood Flower" and
"Keep on the Sunny Side," were later staples of the Carter Sisters'
repertoire. Anita's soprano made her the featured singer, while June was a gifted
comedian and Helen was considered the best overall musician. The Carter Sisters joined the Grand Ole Opry radio show in 1950,
opened shows for Elvis Presley and joined the Johnny Cash show in
1961. June married Cash in 1968. On her own, Anita Carter scored a No. 2 hit in 1951 with "Down the
Trail of Achin' Hearts." She also hit duets with Hank Snow and Waylon
Jennings, and recorded albums of folk songs in the 1960s. Another Carter has been on the record charts in recent years: Carlene
Carter, June's daughter from a prior marriage. Now 70, June Carter Cash is the last surviving Carter Sister. Helen Carter
died last year. Their mother died in 1968. Anita Carter is also survived by a daughter and a son.
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