Who is Charley Pride’s wife Ebby Rozene Cohran?
Pride met his wife, Ebby Rozene Cohran, while playing baseball in Memphis. They tied the knot in 1956. The couple had a daughter, Angela Rozene Pride; and two sons, Carlton Kraig Pride and Charles Dion Pride together. Pride also had five grandchildren Carlton Kraig Pride, Jr, Malachi Pride, Syler Pride, Ebby Pride and Arrentino Vassar; and two great-grandchildren, Skyler Pride and Carlton Kraig Pride, III.
During their earlier days of marriage, Pride made a good living in the Helena area. Soon after his rise to fame, he moved his wife and son to join him and they lived in Helena until 1967 and bought their first home where Dion and Angela were born. As his music career took off, the family moved to Great Falls, Montana, to be closer to the airport and in 1969, the family ultimately moved to Texas.
A bio of the musician reveals a snippet from a 1967 interview, where his wife shed light on minor racism in Montana. She opened up about an incident where they were refused service in a restaurant and another time when a realtor refused to show them homes. In the same interview, she also mentioned that while they had their struggles, it was less as compared to local Native American people.
On Saturday, after the 86-year-old died, the family asked his fans and mourners to make donations to The Pride Scholarship at Jesuit College Preparatory School, St Philips School and Community Center, The Food Bank, or the charity of their choice in lieu of flowers.