Bettye Bohannon was the ex-wife of J. Howard Marshall. Her ex-husband, Bettye Bohannon’s Marshall Marshall was an American billionaire businessman and academic, lawyer and official of the government. Marshall was involved in and was involved in the oil industry through academic, government and commercial ventures. He was the owner of 16 percent from Koch Industries.
Before Marshall was married to Bohannon Marshall got engaged to Eleanor Pierce in 1931 and divorced in the year 1961. The couple had 2 sons: J. Howard Marshall III (born on February 6 1936) and E. Pierce Marshall (January 12 1939 until June 20 in June 20,).
Bettye Bohannon is the second woman that the billionaire was married to. What was their relationship like before they met and begin their relationship? The couple hasn’t disclosed any details regarding the circumstances in which they began dating and how it led to their union.
The couple did get married in the year 1961. They were married in a gorgeous ceremony with their families, friends and their loved ones. Unfortunately, Bettye Bohannon passed way from Alzheimer’s disease in 1991. They were married for thirty years prior to the tragedy that struck.
After the death of Bettye Bohannon in 1982 her husband Marshall was introduced to “Lady” Diane Walker at an upscale club and proposed to marry her in the event that his wife Betty was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease was to pass away. In the course of several years, Marshall gave Walker $15 million worth of jewelry as well as other gifts.
Walker passed away in the year 1991 at the age of 51 because of complications from facelift surgery. The gifts came under examination from authorities from the Internal Revenue Service since gift taxes were not paid. Marshall stated they were “consulting charges”.
In 1994 in 1994, aged age 89 Marschall became married to the model of 26 years old Anna Nicole Smith. The couple remained together until his death after. The ex-husband of Bettye Bohannon J. Howard Marshall had an estimated total net value of $2 billion at the time of his demise.
The 4th of August, 1995 Marshall passed away from pneumonia, aged 90, and was buried in Houston, Texas. After Marshall’s death Anna Nicole Smith (who died on February 8th 7th, 2007) was involved in a legal battle with her step-son, E. Pierce Marshall (who passed away on June 20th June 20, June 20,). J. Howard’s trust and will did not contain Anna Nicole or J. Howard’s son, J. Howard Marshall III. Anna Nicole and J. Howard III both tried to challenge the trust and will. In 2001, both lost their cases in an eight-month Texas state jury trial.
Bettye Bohannon’s Ex-husband J. Howard Marshall
In 1952, the ex-husband of Bettye Bohannon’s husband Marshall co-founded Great Northern Oil, which was established in 1955. It built the first refinery for oil in Rosemount, Minnesota that could refine sour, heavy Canadian crude oil. It was in 1959 that Fred Koch acquired a 35% stake of Great Northern Oil for $5 million.
Union Oil acquired a majority stake in Great Northern and attempted to acquire the company, however, Marshall and Koch, who would prefer to keep their investments privately held, resisted the acquisition. In 1969, following the purchase the company outright Union Oil, Charles Koch who was a fan of the same business philosophy to Marshall and Koch, exchanged an interest within Koch Industries for the rest of Marshall’s shares in Great Northern Oil.
