George Jones has two daughters, Georgette Jones, and Susan Jones. While he handed Georgette a $50k bank account, he did not include Susan in his will. Susan filed a lawsuit in 2015, and after everything was resolved out of court, she received a $2 million settlement.
George Jones was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter widely considered one of the greatest country singers of all time. His successful music career came along with a high net worth and wealth. He purchased a large estate and invested in building several businesses before his death. So, people naturally want to know what happened to his wealth and especially wonder if he left any money for his daughters.
George Jones Had a Net Worth of $35 Million at the Time of His Death
At the time of his death, the famous country musician was worth a whopping $35 million. This figure, the singer, carefully built from his singing career. Meanwhile, according to an estimate, $35 million in 2013 is worth over $45 million today (2023). George Jones died at the age of 81 on 26th April 2013 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was, some days before, taken to VUMC for a slight fever and irregular blood pressure, and there he gave up the ghost.
With a career that spanned over 60 years, George Jones attained a reasonable height in his music career and achieved international fame for his long list of hit records. He recorded a large number of duets. Although his songs with his ex-wife, Tammy Wynette, were among his most known, Jones wrote in his memoir that his duets with Melba Montgomery remained his greatest.
He had under his belt 80 studio albums and innumerable collaborative releases and hit singles. Indeed, George Jones did justice in defending the integrity of country music. Even towards the end of his life, he was still releasing steady strings of hit songs and performed a minimum of 60 concerts a year. Geroge bagged numerous Grammys and Country Music Association awards throughout his career.
He Had A Falling Out With His Daughter, Georgette, But They Later Made Up
For the record, the major reason many people have wondered if Jones left any money, asset, or wealth for his daughter was because the father and daughter had a strained relationship. But, many did not get to know that they made amends at some point before the singer died.
Georgette is George Jones’s daughter with Tammy Wynette. She was born on 5th October 1970 and is 53 years old now. While speaking about how people stole from her dad, Georgette said that the betrayal made her father not know who to trust, and as such, he directed his insecurity and anger at her.
In her words, her father thought she, Georgette was one of the people looking to take advantage of him. In 2012, the singer released a video message on his website admonishing his daughter Georgette against spreading lies about him. He also accused her of only wanting money from him.
“I would like to apologize for the things that my daughter Georgette has put on the internet and Facebook about me. None of these are true, she’s all about money”, George wrote. However, while speaking to the Associated Press, Georgette said that all she ever wanted was to have a solid relationship with her father and not his money.
She said that she hoped they could resolve their issues privately, but unfortunately, things escalated. Georgette also added that she had never said anything negative or malicious about her father, only that her father developed a mistrust of her because people around him misled him about the things they saw on the internet and on her Facebook page.
Things were so bad for George and his daughter that he didn’t even attend her wedding but intentionally planned a concert on her wedding day. However, According to Georgette, she and her father were already working on their relationship by the time of his passing. This is evident as they recorded several duets together before Jones’ death.
So, even though they might not have come to a very commonplace, George Jones and her daughter Georgette were able to patch things up before he eventually died.
George Jones’ Fourth Wife, Nancy, Inherited Most Of His Wealth
It is no news that the country singer made a lot of money from his successful music career. Consequently, it is common that many people, especially his fans, would become curious about what becomes of that wealth. Although Georgette once revealed that many people stole from her father in his later years and deceived him in terms of wealth, the singer still had a lot left.
Meanwhile, before his death, George Jones went through four marriages and three divorces. The late musician had a total of four children; two daughters and two sons. His first daughter Susan is a product of his first marriage to Dorothy Bonvillon, while His two sons are products of his second marriage to Shirley Ann Corley.
He had his second daughter and last child, Georgette, with Tammy Wynette, who was his third wife. His fourth wife, Nancy, did not share any child with George. Going by the records, George Jones left a will he submitted to the court in Nashville on May 22, 2013.
In the Will, he gave most of his properties and assets, including his main property in Tennessee, Franklin, and two properties in Nashville and Brentwood, to his wife Nancy Sepulvado. Not only that, but Nancy also inherited his automobile, jewels, and musical instruments.
His Daughter, Georgette, Inherited The Sum of $50,000
Talking about his daughters, the late singer reportedly did not include any of them in his will. But reports later surfaced that before his death, he handed Georgette a bank account valued at $50 thousand dollars. However, his first daughter Susan is the one that did not inherit anything from him as his will did not make any provision for her. In 2015, Susan filed a lawsuit against her father’s wife, Nancy Sepulvado.
In the suit, she accused Nancy of preventing her from spending time with her father during his last days on Earth. She also stated that she is entitled to a portion of George’s estate and entire wealth. After all, when the lawsuit matter was finally resolved out of court, Susan received a $2 million settlement.