Birth Name: Gary Wayne Vernon, Jr.
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Date of Birth: July 10, 1970
Ethnicity:
* English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, remote French (paternal grandfather)
* Croatian (paternal grandmother)
* unknown (mother)
Family Info:
Gary LeVox is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for being the lead vocalist of the contemporary country trio Rascal Flatts. He is the son of Gary Wayne Vernon, Sr. and Judith Elaine Fuller. Judith is from West Virginia. He is married to Tara Leigh Richardson.
Gary’s paternal grandparents were Guy Arnold Vernon (the son of Edward “Ed” Charles Vernon and Ella Flora Collins) and Elizabeth Takac (the son of Ivan “John” Takač and Elizabeta “Elizabeth” Kardos). John and Elizabeth were Croatian immigrants from Zagreb, then-part of Yugoslavia.
Sources:
* Gary’s birth record: http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/9965083/Gary-Wayne-Vernon-Jr
* Birth record of Gary’s father: http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/7697523/Gary-Wayne-Vernon
* Birth record of Gary’s paternal grandfather: http://birth-records.mooseroots.com/l/299504/Guy-Arnold-Vernon
* Gary’s paternal grandmother on the 1920 U.S. Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDB8-KH8
* Gary’s paternal grandmother on Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106051693
* Death record of Gary’s paternal great-grandfather, Ivan “John” Takač: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6LHS-Y5C
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