Anita Carter

American Country singer, musician and songwriter. She played upright bass, guitar, and autoharp.
Born: 13th March 1933 Maces Spring, Virginia Died: 29th July 1999 (aged 66) Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Sister of Maybelle Carter.
She charted 5 times on the U. S. charts between 1966 and 1971, the highest being at #41 country with "Tulsa County". She also charted as a songwriter twice: first with "I'm Gonna Leave You", which she sung in 1966 (co-written with sister Helen Carter) and "Rosanna's Going Wild" by Johnny Cash, which hit #2 country (co-written with sisters June Carter Cash and Helen Carter).
She charted twice with duets with Hank Snow: "Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts" and "Bluebird Island", both in 1951, charted at #2 and #4 respectively, on the U. S. country charts [by Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) with Anita Carter and the Rainbow Ranch Boys]. She also charted with a duet with Waylon Jennings with "I Got You" in 1968 it rose to #4 on the country charts.
She married fiddler Bob Wootton (lead guitarist for Johnny Cash's band The Tennessee Three) in 1974 (divorced).