Forrest
Richard
(Dickey)
Betts
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Osprey, Sarasota County, Florida, United States
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Forrest Richard Betts was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer best known as a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.
Biography
Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts was born on 12 December 1943 in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA and was the son of Sarah Estora (Taylor, 1920-1985) and Harold Climmon Betts (1916-1990).
He passed away on 18 Apr 2024 in Osprey, Sarasota County, Florida, USA.
Founding members of "The Allman Brothers Band" ...
- Duane Allman
- Gregg Allman
- Dickey Betts
- Berry Oakley
- Claude "Butch" Trucks
- Jaimoe Johnson.
Sources
- 1945 Florida State Census on ancestry.com
- Wikidata: Item Q935983, en:Wikipedia
for Dickey Betts (American guitarist)
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Betts-416 was created on 20 Apr 2013 by Jenn Engman through the import of Ellsworth Family Tree.ged
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dickey by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dickey:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dickey by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dickey:
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~1.56%
Dot (Hawthorne) LaPlante
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A904097 [compare], Ancestry member dlaplante930
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~0.78%
Donald LaPlante :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A151744 [compare], Ancestry member dlaplante930
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Featured Female Poet connections: Dickey is 19 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 25 degrees from Ruth Niland, 34 degrees from Karin Boye, 27 degrees from 照 松平, 22 degrees from Anne Barnard, 39 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 29 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 22 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 34 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 24 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 26 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 23 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Categories: Grammy Award Winners of the 20th Century | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Composers | Songwriters | Singers | Guitarists | Notables
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taylor-99803
https://apnews.com/article/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-dies-obituary-fe2e01a963d446538b2f10fd134165e8
I would like to work on connecting guitarist Dickey Betts to our larger WikiTree. Unfortunately, I cannot do so, because of restricted privacy settings on his relations' profiles. If you could either change the privacy to Open, or else add me to the Trusted List, that work can proceed.
Forrest "Dickey" Betts: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Betts-416
Father: Harold Betts: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Betts-407
Mother: Estora (Unknown) Betts: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Betts-416 (LNAB needs correction, it's not Betts)
Also Harold's parents, who even have their names hidden. Thanks for whatever you do to help!!