Joseph Dougherty "Joe" Carter (February 27, 1927 – March 2, 2005) was a member of the

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, an American country/folk music group. Carter was born in 1927 in

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several months before the Bristol Sessions, which eventually made his family famous. His father was Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter (1891–1960) and his mother was

Sara Carter Sara Elizabeth Carter (née Dougherty, later Bayes; July 21, 1898 – January 8, 1979) was an American country music musician, singer, and songwriter. Remembered mostly for her deep, distinctive, mature singing voice, she was the lead singer on ...

(1898–1979). Joe Carter performed with the Carter family from 1939 to 1940 on

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and with his sister Janette and his parents

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and A.P. Carter from 1952 till 1956 on a program called

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. and performed again in the 1970s and later in his life. Carter served as a sailor during

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and returned to Virginia after his service and worked in the construction industry. He was active with the

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with his sister,

Janette Carter Janette Carter (July 2, 1923 – January 22, 2006), daughter of musicians A.P. and Sara Carter, was an American musician involved in the preservation of Appalachian music. Carter was born on July 2, 1923, in Maces Spring, Virginia. She and her ...

. He died in 2005 and was buried at

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.John Carter Cash, ''Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash'', (Thomas Nelson Inc, June 12, 2007)

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