Trace Adkins

Adkins in 2013, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Tracy Darrell Adkins

Place of Birth: Sarepta, Louisiana, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 13, 1962

Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, distant Welsh

Trace Adkins is an American country music singer and actor.

He is married to Rhonda Forlaw. He has two children with his former wife Barbara Lewis; and three children with Rhonda.

Trace’s paternal grandfather was Rayford Doyle Adkins (the son of Plains Wash Adkins and Myrtle Estelle Jarnigan). Rayford was born in Arkansas. Plains was the son of Charles H. Adkins and Della J. Grant. Myrtle was the daughter of Sidney J. Jarnigan/Jarnagin and Millie O.

Trace’s paternal grandmother was Mavis B. Giles (the daughter of Thomas Oscar Giles and Mattie Bell Cason). Mavis was born in Louisiana. Thomas was the son of Thomas Jesse Giles and Margaret Elizabeth Sims. Mattie was the daughter of Michael Wilson Cason and Margaret Elizabeth Johnston.

Trace’s maternal grandfather was Gentry/Jentry Tee Carraway (the son of James Henry Carraway and Mary Luquinsey G. Morgan). Gentry was born in Louisiana. James was the son of Marshal M. Carraway and Sarah A. Watson. Mary Luquinsey was the daughter of Henry Thomas Morgan and Elener Parelee Elliot.

Trace’s maternal grandmother was Katie Maude Thompson (the daughter of James William Thompson and Alice Gertrude Williams). Katie was born in Mississippi. James was the son of James Felix Thompson and Nancy Jane Jones. Alice was the daughter of Thomas Durkin Williams and Nancy Ann Powell.

Sources: Trace’s paternal grandfather, Rayford Doyle Adkins, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Trace’s paternal great-grandmother, Myrtle Estelle Jarnigan, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Trace’s maternal grandfather, Gentry/Jentry Tee Carraway, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Trace’s maternal grandmother, Katie Maude Thompson, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org