[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19848]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     IN RECOGNITION OF JETT WILLIAMS, THE DAUGHTER OF HANK WILLIAMS

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 24, 2003

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Jett Williams, the daughter of the legendary Hank Williams, for her 
outstanding professional achievements.
  Jett Williams was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 6, 1953, 
five days after the death of her father, Hank Williams. She was adopted 
by her grandmother, Lillian Williams. When Ms. Williams passed away in 
1954, Jett was adopted by a family living in Mobile, Alabama. It was 
not until adulthood that she began to search for her real identity. In 
1989, the Alabama Supreme Court recognized Jett Williams as the 
daughter of Hank Williams.
  Through her fight to be recognized as the daughter of Hank Williams, 
Jett Williams was assisted by attorney Keith Adkinson, who became her 
husband in 1986. The next year, she began her professional singing 
debut in Evergreen, Alabama. In 1990, she published her autobiography. 
Finally, on the occasion of the anniversary of the 75th birthday of 
Hank Williams, Jett Williams and Hank Williams, Jr. made their first 
appearance together, demonstrating their family relationship.
  Carrying on the Hank Williams tradition, Jett Williams performs 
throughout the country, and on August 16, 2003, she will once again 
return to Alabama for her annual Kowliga Reunion on Lake Martin to 
honor her father and one of country music's best known legacies, Hank 
Williams.

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