Hank Williams Biography

Hank Williams Jr.
EXPLANATION
For the second honors component, I chose option two, which is a biography on a famous Parisian. I decided to research Hank Williams Jr. The reason for my decision is that I was neighbors with Hank for about ten years, but I never knew much about him. I would like to know more about what he did, and how he personally contributed to Paris.
CHILDHOOD
Hank Williams Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on May 26, 1949. Parents, Audrey and Hank Williams originally named their son Randall Hank Williams, but he later took the stage name, Hank Williams Jr. around the age of eight, after he started performing. Soon after he was born, the nickname Bocephus was given to Hank by his famous father while watching Rod Brassfield
currently lives in Paris, Tennessee, but owns other homes in Montana, (the place of the climbing accident), Florida, and also in Alabama. In 1971, Hank Jr. married his first wife, Gwen Yeargain. Together, they had their first son, Shelton Hank Williams. Shelton took up his father, and grandfather’s career in country music. He performs under the stage name, Hank III. Gwen and Bocephus divorced in 1977, the same year that he married his second wife, Becky White. From that marriage, they had two daughters, Hilary and Holly. They also have a singing career in Nashville. Similar to the first marriage, the second did not work out. Hank Jr. and Becky divorced in 1983. Finally, in 1990, Bocephus married his current wife, Mary Jane Thomas. Together they had Katherine, “Katie”, and Samuel, who is known as Sam. Both Sam and Katie played sports at Henry County High School, and Sam is starting his music career as well. Hank Williams Jr.definitely contributed to Paris by having kids who followed his legacy, and too became, and are becoming famous. Also, Hank Jr. has famous friends that come and visit Paris’ stores and restaurants. Some of his friends that promote Parisian stores and restaurants include Kid Rock and Travis Tritt. Currently, Bocephus takes great interest in hunting on his land. In addition, Hank Jr. likes to voice his political opinion, as previously shown when he was banned from singing the Monday Night Football jingle. In fact, his personal opinion on politics are so known that there was even a bumper sticker made that says, “Bocephus 4 President”, and he even considered to run as the republican candidate in 2008. He expresses himself to be a “lifelong republican”; in the year 2000, he even remade one of his hit songs, “We are Young Country” into “This is Bush-Cheney County.” Finally, Hank Jr. has a strong passion for American values, especially when speaking about those who served for our country. For those people, Hank Jr. is extremely