Bonnie Owens, a country music singer-songwriter from 1949 to 1981, also will be remembered as the wife of Buck Owens and then Merle Haggard, helping to build their careers. In 1965 she was the ...

A Heartbreaking But Touching Final Memory Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens, the woman he credits with helping him create some of the biggest hits of his career, were married for 13 years.

They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those crowns. Merle Haggard and Buck Owens each came from hardscrabble ...