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'''Effie Juanita Carter Gordon Davis''', known as '''Anna Davis''' (February 15, 1917 – March 5, 2004,was a gospel music pioneer  who sold more than 30 million records in 40 years of affiliation with Columbia Records. In 1999, she was inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. She was the second wife of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]] of [[Louisiana]], who was also a singer and songwriter known particularly for "You Are My Sunshine". The two were wed from 1969 until his death in 2000 at the age of 101.
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'''Effie Juanita Carter Gordon Davis''', known as '''Anna Davis''' (February 15, 1917 – March 5, 2004), was a gospel music pioneer  who sold more than 30 million records in 40 years of affiliation with Columbia Records. In 1999, she was inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. She was the second wife of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]] of [[Louisiana]], who was also a singer and songwriter known particularly for "You Are My Sunshine". The two were wed from 1969 until his death in 2000 at the age of 101.
    
A native of Shannon in Clay County in north [[Texas]], she contracted [[pneumonia]] while in her teens. David Parker Carter, her father, known as "Dad" Carter, formed the Carter Quartet, which was added to the schedule of KFYO (AM) [[radio]] in Lubbock . This enabled the Carters to pay for Anna's medicine. In 1936, the Carters began a 15-minute daily program on WBAP in [[Fort Worth]]  as the Chuck Wagon Gang.<ref name=nyt/>
 
A native of Shannon in Clay County in north [[Texas]], she contracted [[pneumonia]] while in her teens. David Parker Carter, her father, known as "Dad" Carter, formed the Carter Quartet, which was added to the schedule of KFYO (AM) [[radio]] in Lubbock . This enabled the Carters to pay for Anna's medicine. In 1936, the Carters began a 15-minute daily program on WBAP in [[Fort Worth]]  as the Chuck Wagon Gang.<ref name=nyt/>
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