Hampton Otis Turner is the first child of American country singer Josh Turner and his wife, Jennifer Ford Turner.
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Parents
Joshua Otis Turner, commonly known as Josh Turner is an American country and gospel singer and actor. He was signed to the MCA Nashville Records in the year 2003. His debut album’s title track, “Long Black Train ” made its breakthrough release the same year. He was born in Hannah, South Carolina. Growing up close to the church and its community, he founded a gospel quartet named Thankful Hearts, where he sang bass.
He attended Hannah-Pamplico High School after which he spent some time at Francis Marion University before moving to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in music, and he enrolled himself in Belmont University. After he was done with his college, his career got a boost in 2001, during his debut on the Grand Ole Opry, when he debuted his song, “Long Black Train ” for which he received a standing ovation. When it comes to his acting, he played the role of George Beverly Shea, who was the soloist for the Billy Graham Crusades, in the 2008 film Billy: The Early Years, which is about the evangelist Billy Graham. Talking about his personal life, he has one brother and a sister and is a devout Christian.
Jennifer Ford stole Josh’s heart while the pair were in college and have been married for 19 years now. She caught his eye at Belmont University, Nashville where both of them were college students in the late 1990s. They got married on the 14th of June, 2003 in front of 500 guests. The couple is united on a personal level, but more than that, they often collaborate professionally as well. Jennifer is a talented keyboardist and is a backing vocalist in Turner’s live band. The musical couple is also the proud parents of four boys.
Personal Life
Josh Turner and Jennifer welcomed their first child, a boy, Hampton Otis Turner on the 6th of October, 2006, three years after their marriage. He was born at the Baptist Hospital in Nashville, which the singer’s label had announced then. He weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz., at the time of his birth. It was the next week, the same month that Josh celebrated the platinum certification of his album “Your Man”. According to the news sources, Turner had stayed home with his wife and newborn before he resumed his country tour the next month. Nothing much of his personal life has been revealed by his parents. The public gets to see a glimpse of him through the photos his father posts on his social media. Other than that, he had co-written the song “The River (Of Happiness)” with his mother Jennifer. The four brothers had sung the same song with their mother playing the piano beside them.
Siblings
Hampton has three siblings, Marion Crawford Turner, Samuel Hawke Turner, and Colby Lynch Turner, all younger than him.
Education and Career
Except for the fact that he had co-written the song “The River (Of Happiness)” with his mother Jennifer and had sung the same with his siblings, nothing much of his education and career can be found on the internet.
Net Worth
Even though the details about the teenager’s personal life are unavailable, his father Josh Turner’s net worth is known to the public, which is about 17 million USD.
Conclusion
Nothing much is known about Hampton Otis Turner, the young teenage son of America’s best-known country singer Josh Turner except for the photos on his father’s social media handle. And it is expected to be so until the teenagers come out to the public and the media themselves.
