Callie Khouri
Callie Khouri – PaleyFest 2013 Presents “Nashville” – Arrivals – Saban Theatre – Beverly Hills, CA, USA – photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
Birth Name: Carolyn Ann Khouri
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 27, 1957
Ethnicity:
*Lebanese (father)
*German, English, French (mother)
Callie Khouri is an American film and television screenwriter, producer, and director. She is known for having written the film Thelma & Louise and created and executive produced the series Nashville.
Callie is the daughter of Virginia Mae (Uland) and Eli Khouri, Jr. Callie’s father was of Lebanese descent. Callie’s mother was mostly of German, English, and French ancestry. Callie was raised in Kentucky.
She is married to record producer, musician, and songwriter T Bone Burnett.
Eli’s paternal grandfather was named Eli/Elie/Elias Abraham Khouri, Sr. (the son of Sam Khouri and Mary). Eli was born in Hamat, Lebanon.
Eli’s paternal grandmother was Della Katherine Shaheen (the daughter of John Welby Shaheen and Lizzie Elizabeth Thomas). Della was born in Kentucky, to Lebanese parents. John was from Mount Lebanon.
Callie’s maternal grandfather was Harry E. Uland (the son of John Uland and LaVicie Elizabeth Combs). Harry was born in Indiana. John was born in Indiana, the son of John Uland and Mary Ann Bays. LaVicie was born in Indiana, the daughter of Aaron Combs and Ruth Burch.
Callie’s maternal grandmother was Amelia Wyly (the daughter of Samuel Snow Wyly and Belladonna Shelburne Brashear). Amelia was born in Kentucky. Samuel was born in Alabama, the son of Benjamin Cleveland Wyly and Elsie Ann Snow. Belladonna was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel Brashear/Brashears and Amelia.
Sources: Obituary of Callie’s mother – http://www.legacy.com
Death record of Callie’s paternal grandfather, Eli/Elie/Elias Abraham Khouri – https://www.familysearch.org
Draft registration record of Callie’s paternal great-grandfather, John Welby Shaheen – https://www.familysearch.org
Callie Khouri does not have Syrian ancestry. She has LEBANESE ancestry only. Please change your incorrect title in bold.
Callie Khouri’s paternal grandfather Elias Abraham Khouri (1900-1960) was born in Hamat, Lebanon as can be seen in his death certificate in 1960 here https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-N6MZ
Her paternal grandmother Della Katherine Shaheen was the daughter of John Welby Shaheen and Lizzie Elizabeth Thomas both from Lebanon. John Welby Shaheen WWII Draft Registration in 1942 where it says he was from Mount Lebanon https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCH-989B. John W Shaheen Death Certificate where it says he was born in Lebanon https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-N6MZ
Please change your incorrect title in bold as it make readers believe she was both of Syrian and Lebanese descent. Lebanon was part of Greater Syria/Ottoman Syria before 1943. When Lebanon was created those who came from the territory of what became Lebanon started calling themselves Lebanese not Syrian nor Syrian-Lebanese