
The world of country music is reeling after Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James, 57, was killed in a plane crash in North Carolina alongside his wife, Melody Carole Wilson, 59, and her daughter, Meryl Maxwell Wilson, 28.
Behind the viral headlines, people are asking: who was the woman who shared the last years of James' life? From their whirlwind romance to her devotion as a mother, Melody's story is now part of a tragedy that has shaken Nashville and beyond.