The Uncommon Wife

Every obituary says George Jones had four wives. Her own sister says five.

I. The Arithmetic

Go look at the obituaries. April 2013. Every wire service, every paper, every network retrospective, and they all agree on the math.

Dorothy Bonvillion, 1950 to 1951. Shirley Ann Corley, 1954 to 1968. Tammy Wynette, 1969 to 1975. Nancy Sepulvado, 1983 to the end.

Four wives. Four licenses in four courthouse registries. Four sets of dates,…