Meet the Walters

In 1981, Lori, Marla's sister-in-law hosted a special called "The Stonemans: the First Family of Country Music." It's also the name of the album. 10 of 13 Stoneman children appeared in this album and the show, Scotty died in 1973, and John and Joe were absent. The children were Eddie, Grace, Patsy, Jack, Dean, Gene, Donna, Jimmy, Roni and Van. Roni's two daughters, Grace's daughter and Van's two sons were the second generation stars.

Waylon Jennings was in the top ten called "Wrong," and the girls thought they uses steel drums in this song. A new hot shot song called "Too Cold at Home" by Mark Chesnutt was good, and Lew DeWitt, the original Statler brother, has died so does Carl Ekern, the linebacker of the Rams. Reba McEntire has a new song "You Lie," while Joe Diffie has a new song called "Home." Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed of a plane crash, and the girls' cousin Randy likes him very much.

On Feb. 22, Roni Stoneman passed away at age 85, and her sister Donna, 90 is now the last survivor of the Stoneman family. Roni was the gap toothed banjo player from the TV show "Hee Haw" from 1973 to 1991. The next day, Marla loses a good friend Golden Richards of heart failure at age 73. Golden was the Super Bowl champion for the Dallas Cowboys. He was the father of two boys and a grandson.

Twelve contestants who helped out with the spinoff series "Claim to Fame" that goes country. The contestants were Waylon Chesnutt, Logan Byrd, Henson Medders, Elijah Golden, Darby Pillow, Tarian Tritt, Lily Pearl Black, Lilly McBride, Carrie Crowell, Dani Jackson, Grace Kelley and Kylie Diffie. The spinoff series will be in June.

In 1977, Patty and Maverine had their own show with ten episodes, and cancels that same year. The episodes went like this. 1. Jay Osmond, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Larry Gatlin 2. Esther Rolle, Jimmie Walker, Jim Nabors and Sonny James 3. Paul Lynde, Ruth Buzzi and the Sylvers 4. Anson Williams, Donny Most, Isabel Sanford and Marla Medders 5. Charo, Minnie Pearl, Maury Pribyl and Lola Falana 6. Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy, Shirley Hemphill and Charley Pride 7. Redd Foxx, Fran Tarkenton, Tony Oliva and Mac Davis 8. Haywood Nelson, Ernest Lee Thomas, Fred Berry, Richard Thomas and the Statler Brothers 9. Sherman Hemsley, Betty White and Lynn Anderson 10. Mel Tillis, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Sha-Na-Na

In 1999, Marla interviews all sixteen Sullivan children in North Carolina from the TV talk show "Marla Talks." All of them grew up as adults, no infant or child deaths. The seven girls were Cretta, Rosa, Dorothy, Virginia, Blanche, Geraldine and Marverine, and the nine boys were Leland, Woodrow, Wilmar, Joseph, Irving, C.D., Billy, Tom and Gene. 13 died as of 2021, only three, Marverine, Tom and Gene survives. Cretta, the oldest died in January 2000, but all of them reach the 2000s, 14 days before her passing.

As Randy Travis peeks at #2 with a song "He Walked on Water." This song is about the great-grandfather's lives. The girls concerns about Randy's song. Meanwhile, the girls saw the Statler Brothers on tour and heard the version of "Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" by Keith Whitley and his wife Lorrie Morgan. Meanwhile, the girls saw Maverine Michael on TV singing a country gospel song "Ride Out Your Storm" with Paul Krause and Wally Hilgenberg. Her sister Patty was also on TV as well.