After nearly five decades of silence, Temple Medley, known to many as Mickey Jenkins and the first wife of country legend Conway Twitty, has finally opened her heart. At 82 years old, in a soft-spoken interview filled with tears and long pauses, she revealed the truth behind their divorce — and why she never remarried.
“He wasn’t just my husband,” she whispered. “He was the dream I watched walk away.”
Temple and Conway married young, raised a family together, and weathered the storms of ambition, fame, and long nights on the road. But by the early 1970s, their love was strained by the relentless demands of Conway’s rising stardom.
“The music took him places I couldn’t follow,” she admitted. “And I loved him enough to let him go.”
Though their marriage ended, her love didn’t. She chose a quiet life out of the spotlight, focusing on their children and guarding the memories she still held close.
When asked why she never remarried, her voice trembled:
“Because no one else was him. I didn’t want another love. I already had the greatest one of my life.”
In her final words, Temple offered no bitterness — only gratitude.
“We had something real. And I’d rather carry that forever… than try to replace it.”
It wasn’t a tabloid headline.
It wasn’t a tell-all.
It was a love story unfinished — but never forgotten.
And now, the world knows what her silence always meant:
She never stopped being Mrs. Conway Twitty in her heart.
