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    • Mar 13, 1930
    Lula Grace Johnson is born in West Plains, Missouri. She becomes Jan Howard with her marriage to songwriter Harlan Howard. She nabs several solo hits in the 1960s, then adds four more in duets with Bill Anderson, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1971
    Jul 22, 1945
    Lula Grace Johnson marries Mearle Wood at the Church of Christ in West Plains, Missouri. Some 15 years later, she realizes her first country hit under the professional name Jan Howard
    Aug 27, 1947
    James Wood is born in West Plains, Missouri, the first son of future Grand Ole Opry star Jan Howard
    Jul 20, 1949
    Carter Alexander Wood is born in West Plains, Missouri. Nicknamed Corky, he's the second son of Lula Grace Wood, a.k.a. Jan Howard
    Jun 2, 1951
    Lula Grace Wood--the future Jan Howard--welcomes her third son, David Bryan Wood, in Greeley, Colorado
    Aug 15, 1953
    Lula Grace Wood is officially divorced from Mearle Wood. Seven years later, she is destined to score her first hit record under the name Jan Howard
    Sep 2, 1953
    Lula Grace Wood marries her second husband, Lowell Smith, in Columbus, Ohio. She is destined to become a Grand Ole Opry member, operating publicly as Jan Howard
    Mar 15, 1954
    Jan Howard, going under her married name Lula Grace Smith, has her fourth child, Janet Louise Smith, in Columbus, Ohio. The baby dies one month later
    Apr 15, 1954
    Janet Louise Smith, the one-month-old daughter of future Grand Ole Opry star Jan Howard, dies in Columbus, Ohio, of a cerebral hemorrhage
    Apr 10, 1957
    Songwriter Harlan Howard meets Lula Grace Johnson through mutual friend Wynn Stewart in Los Angeles. The two marry one month later, and she goes on to become country singer Jan Howard
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