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Karon Kate Blackwell
Karon Kate Blackwell (born May 7, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her musical comedy act with her husband Marty Allen. Biography Early life Blackwell was born in 1942 in Ellisville, Mississippi. She was one of six children raised on a family farm by her parents Excell Blackwell and Ina Rie Napier. When her father, a self-taught musician, began teaching her piano, Blackwell's mother insisted on piano and voice lessons. By age 9, she was playing piano at her church. After graduating from high school in Ellisville, she attended the University of Southern Mississippi. Career Blackwell left USM during her first year for Chicago, Illinois. There she began singing and playing piano at small music rooms and events. She performed as the opening act for musicians including Wayne Newton and Burl Ives. After leaving entertainment, Blackwell met comedian Marty Allen in 1983 while managing a friend's restaurant in Los Angeles. They married on Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellisville, Mississippi
Ellisville is a town in and the first county seat of Jones County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,448 at the time of the 2010 census, up from 3,465 at the 2000 census. The Jones County Courthouse is located here, as is much of the county government. The state legislature authorized a second county seat at Laurel, to the northeast, which developed as the center of lumber and textile mills, with a much larger population. Ellisville is part of the Laurel micropolitan statistical area. History The town is named for Powhatan Ellis, a former U.S. senator for Mississippi who identified as a descendant of Pocahontas and her father, Chief Powhatan in Virginia. Ellisville was designated as the county seat, and it became the major commercial and population center of Jones County through the early decades of development in the nineteenth century. During the Civil War, Ellisville and Jones County were a center of pro-Union resistance. The county had mostly yeomen farmers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
