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Maybelle Carter (May 10, 1909 – October 23,
1978) was an United States|American Country music
musician. 

She was born Maybelle Addington in Nickelsville,
Virginia|Nickelsville, Virginia, the daughter of
Hugh Jackson Addington and Margaret S. Kilgore. 

On March 13, 1926, Maybelle married Ezra J.
Carter. They had three daughters, Helen, June
Carter Cash|Valerie June and Anita Carter|Anita.
  
She was a member of the original Carter Family,
which was formed in 1927 by her brother-in-law, A.
P. Carter, who was married to her cousin, Sara
Carter|Sara, also a part of the trio. It was
perhaps the first commercial rural Country music
group. Maybelle was the guitarist and also played
autoharp and banjo; she created a unique sound for
the group with her innovative bass tunings.

She was widely respected and loved by the Grand
Ole Opry community of the early 1950s, and was
popularly known as "Mother Maybelle."

Maybelle Carter is interred in Hendersonville
Memory Gardens, Hendersonville,
Tennessee|Hendersonville, Tennessee.

In 1993, her image appeared on a
List_of_people_on_stamps_of_the_United_States|U.S.
postage stamp honoring the Carter Family.