"June and I met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1956. She was already a veteran in Country Music, having performed with her family since she was six years old.

She has worked with me since the early sixties, and in her I always found a friend.

Now the sharing of our Christian faith strengthened the bond between us. She is my wife, lover, friend, and my biggest critic.

Ten years ago she told me one morning, "Last night I dreamed I saw you standing on a mountain top in Israel and you were talking about Jesus." Her dream became my vision, and five years later we began production of our film Gospel Road. It opens with me standing on a mountaintop in Israel, and I’m talking about Jesus.

We work things out; heart to heart, soul to soul.

We’re in Love."

-- Johnny Cash, 1983

"What June did for me was post signs along the way, lift me when I was weak, encourage me when I was discouraged, and love me when I was alone and felt unlovable. She is the greatest woman I have ever known. Nobody else, except my mother, comes close. "

-- Johnny Cash, from Cash the Autobiography, 1997

No Greater Love Photo Credit - Alan Messer