Due to the devotion and passion he showed to his profession in the past, Bill Withers is a name that will live on in the annals of American music.

In the United States of America, he achieved great success as a musician under the name William Harrison Withers Jr. He tragically died in 2020 at the age of 82.

Bill Withers’s parents: Meet Mattie Rose Withers, William Harrison Withers Sr.

An American singer, songwriter, and musician by the name of Bill Withers.

Bill was born in the small coal mining community of Slab Fork, West Virginia. He was the son of William Harrison “Willie” Withers, Sr., and Mattie Rose/Rosiemay (Galloway). He had two children with manager Marcia Johnson, with whom he was married until his death.

Sam Lee was the biological paternal grandpa of Bill. Sam was probably Caucasian. Virginia Withers was Bill’s maternal grandmother (the daughter of Ellen Withers).

John Henderson Galloway was Bill’s maternal grandpa (the son of William Galloway and Rhoda Ann McCay).

Lula Carter was Bill’s maternal grandmother (the daughter of Jim Carter and Tissue). Virginia is where Lula was born.