Johnny Cash mụrụ na February 26, 1932, na Kingsland, Arkansas, na Carrie Cloveree (née Rivers) na Ray Cash. Ọ bụ nke anọ n'ime ụmụ asaa, bụ ndị nọ na usoro ọmụmụ: Roy, Margaret Louise, Jack, J. R., Reba, Joanne, na Tommy (onye ghọkwara onye na-ese ihe nke ọma). Ọ bụ nke Bekee na Scottish. Mgbe ọ bụ okenye, ọ chọtara aha nna ya na narị afọ nke 11 Fife, mgbe ya na onye isi nke Falkland, Major Michael Crichton-Stuart zutere. Cash Loch na ebe ndị ọzọ na Fife na-ebu aha ezinụlọ ya. Mgbe a mụrụ ya, a kpọrọ Cash J. R. Mgbe ọ debara aha na United States Air Force, a naghị ekwe ka o jiri aha mbụ ya mee ihe, ya mere ọ gbanwere ya John R. Na 1955, mgbe ọ na-anwụ anwụ na Sun, Jack, J. R., Reba, Joanne, na Tommy (onye ghọkwara onye na-ese ihe nke ọma).
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