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Wanette with her Father during a visit to
Wanette also began her career as a Patsy Cline impressionist in the early 90's while working in multiple shows, with great success, beginning in the "Jim Owen Morning Show" and then headlining in a Branson Afternoon Show, "Mirror Images" as legendary Patsy. Wanette is still available as Patsy for your event today. "I love the opportunities the Lord affords me to be a witness in the secular music industry as a Christ Follower and my community. God calls us to be salt and light in this world and I pray that my life remains 'salty' if that makes sense, for the sake of the Cross," says Wanette.
Wanette performing as Patsy Cline
Wanette with Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (AR) and Governor Mike Huckabee (Ambassador to Israel).
In 2009 Wanette wrote a book entitled "The Man Who Loved Souls" that was the fulfillment of a childhood promise.
This biography, based on the hidden memoirs of a mountain preacher, has been life-changing for readers. Wanette
encourages anyone who is interested in the holiness movement of the early 1900s and the entertaining and
miraculous adventures of a backwoods mountain preacher, to get this book! The foreword was written by Rev. Darlene
Bishop of mega-ministry, Solid Rock Church, Monroe, OH, whose own salvation story is intertwined with this mountain
preacher. You can go online at www.themanwholovedsouls.com to read more about him and enjoy the many comments
of those who walked with him over the decades in ministry, establishing nearly 80 churches in his lifetime.
the response this preacher had when someone
Cover of Wanette's Book, based on
asked how he wanted to be remembered.
see her in Branson at the Jim Stafford
Trying to share who Wanette is in just a few words is not easy. Here's a bit of a 'read' but the short version. She is a Music Recording Artist, an Author, a former Minister of Music and Pastor and also a performing Patsy Cline Impressionist. She has an interesting background and a beautiful testimony of redemption. "My life has not been a bed of roses, but God is faithful and He gives me purpose today," says Wanette.
Wanette grew up in church, the daughter and granddaughter (on both sides of the family) of ministers and began singing at a very young age with her parents and siblings. She began her professional career at the age of 15 as a paid demo singer for record labels and songwriters in the Nashville area. The irony of this is she lost hearing in one ear at the age of six to a childhood accident and being a vocalist with only one working ear throughout the years has been part of Wanette's testimony of God's active grace ordering her footsteps. It is hard to imagine the success she has had with such an obstacle to work around. "The true miracle in all this is not that God restored hearing in that ear, but that He made the way for me to do it in spite of this and shows me every day that His plans for our lives 'will not be deterred' because He has a plan!" she says.
Wanette has been fortunate to share a stage with other great artists such as Tony Orlando, Glen Campbell, Vern Gosdin, Boxcar Willie, Jim Stafford, Mitch Ryder, Randy Houser, Little Texas, Brenda Lee, Debra Moreno, Mary Lou Turner, Freddy Hart and Jim Owen, just to name a few.
In 1997, after touring and working in the secular music industry, Wanette went through a time of spiritual reconciliation as God began to transform her mind and heart after a series of difficult experiences. She came back from the music business injured and in need. After the miraculous birth of her only child and a failed marriage, God brought her full circle back to her roots. "I think it's important to mention that some of those early years in music ministry, I made lots of mistakes," says Wanette. "I told God I didn't want the responsibility or the calling, due to those bad choices and I wasn't worthy of it. He was trying to teach me something. God wasn't looking for my perfection, but my repentant heart and obedience. I don't know why we make it so hard to understand or receive Grace. I also had a death in the family of a loved one that brought me to a divine appointment, a moment when God spoke to me and told me change was coming and it was time to yield."
Wanette Robertson
Theatre in 1992.
Since, 2017, Wanette also has served as the Events & Audience Producer for HUCKABEE, a weekly variety show that airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, hosted by former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee. After seven amazing seasons and 380 episodes, the show retired when Governor Huckabee was asked to serve in the incoming Presidential administration.
"We go through seasons in life and I am entering another new season. God has been faithful and continues to show himself strong in my life every day." If you would like to contact Wanette, email her at wanetterobertson@gmail.com.
STORY FROM WANETTE:
In 2020, the world went through a pandemic. Lives were lost, hearts were wounded. My mother and I were speaking one day and she was sharing through all the heartache around us that she was more aware of our mortality every day and wished there was a way to preserve her family's recipes. I said, "Mom, I know you've always wanted to write a book about your life. Why don't we do a cook book that also includes stories from your life and match each story with a recipe. We can add encouraging words, scriptures and full-color photos and make it a cook book, but it is also a biography, of sorts?" She said, "Can that be done?" I said, "Absolutely and I will do it."
So, during the pandemic, she would email me photos and her stories and I began to build out a new book. I felt it was something that would bond us together and at the same time would eventually, when done, provide something she can give to her children, grandchildren and be handed down.
We completed the book and never intended for it to go to anyone other than our family members; however, it has become requested by many people, who are interested in her stories, too. It's been amazing that feedback and I am proud to have been able to help her accomplish this goal. If you are interested, email me. I'll be happy to get you in touch with her.
at the Kentucky Opry
"I was angry and hurting over my personal losses. I developed trust issues from my pain in my personal life and also my spiritual life (if you can understand that), but God showed me that His plan was for my good and that all He needed from me was my willingness to yield, to trust and offer a humble heart and He would restore what the enemy stole from me," Wanette continues.
When asked what drives her, she responded, "My desire is to be used by the Lord to encourage and let others know that they matter and are relevant and that God has a plan for their lives that far exceeds what they can imagine on their own, if they will give Him a chance. We are living in a time that requires much more of us than it did by past leadership to be effective for the Kingdom of God. The things that worked 50 years ago in the early holiness movement of our grandfather's era don't move people today. I am finding that authenticity is important and 'showing' the love of Christ is even more effective than our words. Our actions must lead the way and tell the story of LOVE,"
About Wanette
The book cover is a photo of mom's aunts as young girls in front of their family restaurant in the 1950's.
In her late 20's and early 30's, music took her away from Nashville and she began her live performance career as a featured vocalist in tourist towns such as Branson, MO, Pigeon Forge, TN and Myrtle Beach, SC. She was honored to work with such legendary artists as Cristy Lane (One Day At a Time), Ferlin Husky (On the Wings of a Snow White Dove), Jim Stafford (Spiders & Snakes), Jim Owen Morning Show (LA Woman, MS Man) and was a featured performer at Silver Dollar City, The Mickey Gilley Theatre, Jim Stafford Show, Mutton Hollow, The Cristy Lane Theater, The Grand Palace, The Branson Gospel Hour and many more over the years.
Wanette and Chase