Who is Merle Haggard wife Leona Hobbs?

According to his biographies, Haggard had six marriages.

The first marriage lasted eight years, during which time the then-known as Leona Hobbs gave birth to Dana, Marty, Kelli, and Noel, four of Haggard’s children.

According to numerous sources, Haggard was sentenced to more than three years in jail after being found guilty of burglary in 1957.

When he and two other inebriated pals attempted to break into a restaurant that they believed to be closed because they believed it to be 3 a.m. when it was actually 10:30 p.m., they were captured the following day even though they fled.

Who is Merle Haggard’s wife Leona Hobbs?

Despite being his first wife and the mother of four of his six children, Merle Haggard did not consider her to be his favorite.

A funeral ceremony for Billie Leona Hobbs Witherspoon, 66, of Bakersfield was held at Valley Baptist Church on Friday after she passed away on July 9.

When she married Merle Haggard in 1956, an unknown singer who was more interested in crime than becoming a country star, she was working as a waitress.

They remained married until 1964, the year that Haggard wed Bonnie Owens, Buck Owens’ ex-wife and a singer with him.

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