Anecdotes

She was diagnosed in 1990 with a potentially life-threatening liver disease (hepatitis C), which she contracted while working as a nurse in an intensive care unit in the 1980s.

Mother of Ashley Judd and Wynonna Judd.

Naomi passed away just one day before she and daughter Wynonna were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame for their groundbreaking works as a duo. Although it was only one day since losing their mother, Wynonna and daughter Ashley still attended to tearfully accept the award in Naomi's honor.

The Judds' (she and Wynonna Judd) Farewell Tour was the industry's top-grossing tour in 1991. She performed before a billion people worldwide at the 1994 Super Bowl halftime show. She and Wynonna reunited for a once-in-a-lifetime reunion concert at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999.

Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (as a member of The Judds) (2021).

After the birth of her daughter Ashley, and the end of her marriage to Michael Ciminella, she raised both daughters as a single mother, first attending nursing school at the College of Marin while residing in nearby Lagunitas, California and later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.

In Tennessee at the outset, she was working at the Williamson County Medial Center in Franklin, below Nashville's Davidson County. It was an early start, and she was a frequent customer at the town's re-use-it store for clothes and other household needs.

Born eight days before fellow country singer, actress, and friend Dolly Parton.

Many of Naomi's discoveries and life lessons can be found in her book "Naomi's Home Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Recipes, Food for Thought, and Kitchen Wit and Wisdom", which was published in October 1997. She also published her second children's book, entitled "Guardian Angels" (2000), following closely on the heels of her bestselling children's story, "Love Can Build a Bridge" (1999) (shares the same name as the Grammy-award winning song by the Judds).

Selected by Kayser-Roth Corporation's No Nonsense Pantyhose as their "No Nonsense American Woman of the Month" for May 1995.

She and daughter Wynonna Judd were spokespersons for Big Kmart.

She was the daughter of Pauline Ruth (Oliver) and Charles Glen Judd.

Her private funeral service was held by her family at the Country Music Hall of Fame. She was cremated at Nashville Cremation Center afterwards. Her ashes were sprinkled around Wynonna's farmland. A week after her passing, her family hosted a public memorial service at the Ryman Auditorium.