Mable John is an American blues vocalist and was the first female signed by Berry Gordy to Motown’s Tamla label.
Mable John husband
Mable was a married woman, she was married four times in her life but unfortunately, we could not get any information about her husbands and was they did.
Mable John children
Mable was blessed with four sons namely Jesse, Joel, Otis and Lemuel. Lemuel survives her, as well as several grandchildren.
Mable John parents
The R&B singer Mable John was born on November 3, 1930, in Bastrop, Louisiana to her parents Mertis John her father and Lillian John her mother.
Mable attended Cleveland Intermediate School, and then Pershing High School. After graduating, she took a job as an insurance representative at Friendship Mutual Insurance Agency, a company run by Berry Gordy’s mother, Bertha.
Mable John siblings
Mable is the eldest of at least nine siblings. Three sisters and six brothers were all living in a housing project at Six Mile and Dequindre. Those brothers included William Edward John, who as Little Willie John, started touring as one of the top R&B attractions of the day as a teenager, in the mid-‘50s. Willie took big sister Mable on the road, where she opened the show for him. (Willie John died in 1968).
Source: Ghanafuo.com
