Birth Name: Roy Kelton Orbison
Date of Birth: April 23, 1936
Place of Birth: Vernon, Texas, United States
Date of Death: December 6, 1988
Place of Death: Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States
Ethnicity: English, small amounts of German, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and Irish, 1/1024 French Huguenot, likely remote Dutch
Roy Orbison was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the son of Nadine Vesta (Shultz/Shults), a nurse, and Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic.
Roy’s paternal grandparents were Samuel Winfield Orbison (the son of Samuel Houston Moore Orbison and Sarah Jane Strong) and Serena/Serea/Serna Evelyn/Evaline Hogue/Hougue (the daughter of George Thomas Hogue/Hougue and Charity Bea Golden).
Roy’s maternal grandparents were Royal Elmore Shults/Shultz (the son of John Campbell Shults/Shultz and Martha “Mattie” Golden) and Maude/Maudie Della Chappel/Chappell (the daughter of James Arthur Chappel/Chappell and Julia Collier).
Sources: Genealogies of Roy Orbison – https://www.geni.com
https://familysearch.org
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Roy’s mother, Nadine Vesta Shults/Shultz – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com