O'DAY, MOLLY
(1923–1987)
O'DAY, MOLLY (b. LaVerne Williamson, McVeigh, Ky., July 9, 1923–December 5, 1987) O'Day was a gutsy HONKY-TONK wailer who abandoned her career for evangelical preaching. O'Day was the daughter of a coal miner. Her family was musically talented, and Molly listened to the NATIONAL BARN DANCE radio program out of Chicago as a child, particularly admiring the singing of PATSY MONTANA and TEXAS RUBY , two cowgirl stars. In 1939 her older brother Skeets got a radio job in West Virginia and invited…