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May 31, 2024 · Meet Willie Nelson's eight children — including his country singing kids Paula, Micah, Amy and Lukas. Willie Nelson has an incredibly talented family. Bryony Gooch. US Writer. Updated: May...
Dec 14, 2023 · Paula Nelson poses for a picture with her father, Willie Nelson Credit: Instagram/paulanelson1027 Paula Nelson is Willie's first child with his third wife, Connie Koepke. She was born on October 27, 1969.
- Lana Nelson. Lana was born to Nelson and his first wife, Martha Matthews, in 1953. Nelson also shares two other children, Susie and Nelson Jr., with Matthews.
- Susie Nelson. Susie works closely with her country icon father as a co-host on a SiriusXM show called Susie’s Gospel Hour. She was born three years after Lana to Nelson and Matthews.
- Willie ‘Billy’ Nelson Jr. Nelson and Matthews had their youngest together in 1958; however, he died by suicide on the Christmas of ’91, just after he and his father recorded 1994’s “My Body’s Just a Suitcase for My Soul.”
- Paula. After Nelson’s first marriage to Matthews ended in 1962, his second marriage with Shirley Collie lasted eight years; however, Nelson had Paula in 1969 while still in his second marriage before marrying her mother, Connie Koepke, after the divorce.
- Renee Butts
- Lana Nelson Fowler, 70
- Susie Nelson, 68
- William "Billy" Hugh Nelson Jr.
- Paula Carlene Nelson, 54
- Amy Lee Nelson, 51
- Lukas Autry Nelson, 35
- Jacob "Micah" Nelson, 34
Willie's friend Mary Haney gave birth to a daughter Renee Butts (née Lynda Renee Barley) on Jan. 22, 1953 — although the musician didn't know Renee was his child until 2012. In his 2012 memoir, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road, he wrote about discovering he had fathered a child with his friend. "I have an old, dear friend, ...
Willie and his first wife, Matthews, welcomed their eldest child, Lana Nelson, on Nov. 11, 1953. Lana had two sons from her first marriage, and later remarried a man named George Fowler in June 1976, per Texas Monthly. The couple went on to have a daughter, Rachel, and a son, Bryan. Although Lana isn't a musician, she has worked with her dad: She w...
Willie and Matthews' second child, Susie Nelson, was born on May 23, 1956. At age 27, she returned to school to earn her high school diploma. She also spent a few years playing music and telling stories on Indigenous reservations in the U.S. and Canada (Willie reportedly has Cherokee ancestry). In 1987, she published Heart Worn Memories: A Daughter...
Willie and Matthews' first son, William "Billy" Hugh Nelson Jr., was born on May 12, 1958. While touring with his dad, Billy met Janet Caldwell, a "radio promo girl" in Nashville. They married and settled in Music City and had one daughter, Raelyn, according to a Spinprofile of Willie's granddaughter, who is also a musician. As reported by PEOPLE, ...
Willie's first child with Koepke, Paula Carlene Nelson, was born on Oct. 27, 1969. She was named after Willie's best friend, the late Paul English, and his wife Carlene, as Paula shared on the podcast One by Willie. Both her father and Paul walked Paula down the aisle at her second wedding. At the time of Paula's birth, Willie was still married to ...
The second daughter of Willie and Koepke, Amy Lee Nelson, was born on July 6, 1973. She has worked in Hollywood on a handful of projects, including directing the documentary Lovey: King of the Roadies and capturing footage for Kinky Friedman's "Resurrection" music video.She and her dad also appeared in the 2012 documentary Saving America's Horses: ...
Willie and D'Angelo's first child together, Lukas Autry Nelson, was born on Dec. 25, 1988. Lukas grew up between Texas and Hawaii and attended the Austin-area Montessori school his mother ran. He then went to junior high and high school in Maui, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Having grown up in a family of musicians, Lukas took an inte...
Willie's youngest child, Jacob Micah Nelson (who goes by his middle name), was born on May 24, 1990, to him and D'Angelo. In 2012, Micah began releasing music under the moniker Particle Kid, per Pitchfork. The name came from a slip-up of his dad's, who had intended to call his then-14-year-old his "prodigal son." "It was this incredibly wild stoner...
- Willie Nelson's sons from his fourth marriage are also musicians. While married to Connie Koepke, Willie Nelson met makeup artist Annie Marie D'Angelo on the set of the 1986 film "Stagecoach" in which he starred alongside Johnny Cash, according to People.
- Inside Willie Nelson's four marriages. Willie Nelson is no stranger to matrimony — although, to be fair, it's debatable how good he's been at it. That's the conclusion to be drawn from the fact that he's been married four times.
- Lana Nelson Fowler. The first of three children born during Willie Nelson's marriage to Martha Matthews, Lana Nelson was born on November 11, 1953. According to Texas Monthly, she married George Fowler in a 1976 ceremony held in Austin, Texas.
- Susie Nelson. Susie Nelson is the second child produced by Willie Nelson's decade-long marriage to first wife Martha Matthews, arriving on May 23, 1956.
Apr 22, 2021 · Willie Nelson has been married four times and has seven children. His first marriage was to Martha Matthews from 1952 to 1962, with the couple having three children together: Lana, Susie, and Willie "Billy" Hugh, Jr. - sadly the latter died by suicide in 1991.
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Biography. An American television and film director. He has directed many well-know television series, including Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days among dozens of others. In addition, Nelson has directed five films, including two for Walt Disney Pictures.
