Born ANNIE FRANCES MOTEN on March 3, 1935 in Gadsden, AL (Gaston) to parents ROBERT & RUBY MOTEN. She has an older brother TONY MOTEN who was also born in Gadsden, AL. While her father Robert was born in Mississippi, her mother Ruby was born in Alabama as was Robert's mother HATTIE MOTEN and his brother JOHN MOTEN. When Mrs. Lee was five (5) years old the MOTEN FAMILY relocated from Gadsden, AL to Chicago, IL. It is in "The Windy City" that she was educated, married, raised a family and had her career and reached fame and notoriety as an acclaimed American Artist. Her paintings have receive world wide recognition as seen on the big screen in Television Shows and Movies such as: The Cosby Show, A Different World, Boomerang, 227, Coming To America, Barbershop. She has also used her works in a philanthropic capacity with The Tom Joyner Show to raise HBCU Scholarships for students. She passed November 24, 2014 in Henderson, NV at the age of 79 years bold. Her legacy lives on with her grandson Abe llo, Sr at the helm of the painting empire she left. At this time we know she had two (2) children a son and daughter. In life she lost two (2) husbands to cancer. Her first LOUIS JOHNSON who she married when she was 17 years old and he was 20 years old on November 20, 1952. To that union her oldest and only daughter was born. Her second HOWARD MARVIN LEE, SR. To that union her second child and only son was born. Her son HOWARD MARVIN LEE, JR was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 28 Years Young.

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(Knowing that LEE is a significant Family as it relates to the Family of Julia Bell Caver Moten-Shelton. Ancestry/Genealogy research needs to be conducted on behalf of the Lee Family as well as the Moten Family).

Born in Memphis, Moten sang in church choirs as a child. Wendy attended Overton High School in Memphis, TN and sang in the nationally known Overton Choir under the direction of the late Lulah M. Hedgeman. She got her first break singing with Michael Bolton at a benefit concert; after signing with EMI, in 1992 she released her self-titled debut album and opened for Bolton on tour.^[2] Moten's biggest hit single was "Come In Out of the Rain", which, although a moderate hit in 1993 on the Billboard Hot 100, was a No. 5 adult contemporary hit, and also reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 8 in 1994. A follow up single, "So Close to Love", reached No. 35 in the UK Top 40.

In 2006, Moten sang back-up vocals on the Soul2Soul II Tour with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. She continued touring with Tim and Faith from 2005-2018.^[3] She contributed backing vocals to Bonnie Tyler's 2013 album Rocks and Honey. She also toured with Martina McBride from 2014-2016 providing background vocals.^[4] In 2016 she started touring with Vince Gill providing lead vocals.^[5] She made it to the finale on Season 21 of the The Voice on Blake Shelton's team, being declared the runner-up of the season. - As Presented on WIKIPEDIA

The name DIANA ROSS of the Supremes needs no introduction and cannot be given due justice in this limited space. But Ms. Ross hails from the Moten Family through her mother ERNESTINE MOTEN ROSS-JORDAN. Although the public biography presented for this "Motown Mother" does document her birth and parents from The Moten Family and Alabama. It offers some discrepancies compared to the research confirmed based on the knowledge of Jesse Moten and Etta S. Parker Lanier-Hatcher, both first cousins to each other and first cousins to Ernestine Moten Ross Jordan. Documents from research based on their information and knowledge will be recorded in the Moten Family History as so CONFIRMED.

While endless research has been done on the life, family and achievements of MICHELLE ROBINSON O'BAMA we are not going to re-invent the wheel by trying to document her life here. However, research conducted regarding her family has uncovered a significant person that is of interest to the Moten Family in their goal to document their history. It has been discovered by researchers on the United States Presidential Level, the Great-Great Grandmother of Michelle Robinson O'bama is a lady named PHOEBE MOTEN JOHNSON. While some research has been initiated on our Family Research Level it is still an OPEN RESEARCH FILE that requires further research to make a determination about the relationship or connection to this Family. Either way of all the Names that could be linked to a First Lady of the United States. And wife of the first African-American President's Family of the United States of America, it is still an honor.