jeannie kendall was married to mack watkins. in the early 1990s the kendalls built a supper club in gulf shores, alabama, which featured nightly performances by them; the club closed down two years later. afterward, they began performing in branson, missouri, where the two families had built homes next door to each other. the kendalls continued to tour and perform and released several cds, until may 22, 1998, when royce kendall died from a stroke while on tour in marquette, iowa.