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    • Oct 21, 1898
    Ezra Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. He becomes the manager of The Carter Family, which features his brother, A.P. Carter, and his wife, Maybelle Carter. Ezra's children include Helen Carter, June Carter and Anita Carter
    May 10, 1909
    Mother Maybelle Carter is born in Nickelsville, Virginia. With her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, they form the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music. They enter the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Jun 23, 1929
    June Carter is born in Maces Spring, Virginia, to Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, of The Carter Family. June co-writes Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and later marries Cash, earning duet hits with him on "Jackson" and "If I Were A Carpenter"
    Mar 31, 1933
    Anita Carter, of The Carter Sisters, is born in Maces Spring, Virginia. She breaks away from the family group to net three Top 10 singles from 1951-1968, as a solo act, and in efforts with Hank Snow and Waylon Jennings
    May 13, 1950
    Mother Maybelle Carter and The Carter Sisters join the Grand Ole Opry
    Jan 19, 1951
    Jimmy Murphy records "Electricity" in his first session, using Anita Carter as his only supporting musician. The performance is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 26, 1951
    Hank Snow records "Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" and "Bluebird Island" with Anita Carter during the evening at Nashville's Brown Radio Productions
    Nov 2, 1963
    Hoyt Axton and Anita Carter appear on ABC's "Hootenanny"
    Sep 28, 1966
    "Road To Nashville" opens, starring Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Ralph Emery, The Osbornes, Bill Phillips, Margie Singleton, Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Norma Jean, Bobby Sykes, Don Winters and multiple Carters: Maybelle, June, Helen and Anita
    Feb 9, 1968
    Waylon Jennings & Anita Carter record "I Got You" in an evening session at Nashville's RCA Studio B
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