Birth Name: Joey Martin
Date of Birth: September 7, 1975
Place of Birth: Alexandria, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: March 4, 2016
Place of Death: Indiana, United States
Ethnicity: English, German, Native American, possibly other
Joey Feek was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She was a member of the country and bluegrass duo Joey + Rory, alongside her husband Rory Feek.
On his blog, Rory wrote:
If you look up Indiana, it means “land of Indians”, and Joey has lots of American Indian blood in her heritage, as do I, though the Irish in me is what’s visible most in the mirror.
On her father’s side, Joey was the granddaughter of William Martin and Ethel Marie Parker (the daughter of William Parker and Beatrice Richards).
On her mother’s side, Joey was the granddaughter of Virgil A. Sparks (the son of George Cleveland Sparks and Clara Avery) and Lucille Krueger.
Sources: Obituary of Joey’s paternal grandmother, Ethel Marie (Parker) Martin – http://www.heraldbulletin.com
Obituary of Joey’s maternal grandfather, Virgil A. Sparks – http://www.heraldbulletin.com
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