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 IN MEMORIAM
MARCH 5, 1963
was one of the darkest days in country music with the loss of
Patsy Cline,
Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes
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Grand Ole Opry Memorial
March 9, 1963
for
Patsy Cline,
Cowboy Copas,
Hawkshaw Hawkins and
Randy Hughes
Among the stars, from left, Merle Kilgore,
Sonny James, Lonzo & Oscar (foreground,
next to piano), Porter Wagoner, Buck Trent
(next to piano), Jack
Greene (behind Trent),
Marvin Hughes (at piano), the Jordanaires
(at left microphone), Roy Acuff (behind right
microphone), Ernest Tubb (right of Acuff),
Teddy Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers and
Oswald (far right, holding hat).
| Minnie Pearl, out of photo, had the hardest job. Under the axiom "The show must go on," she went on after the tribute and did comedy. |
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LEST THEY BE FORGOTTEN ...
Sunday,
March 3, 1963 :
Kansas City
Patsy on stage at Memorial Auditorium
for benefit concert. This is one of the
last photos taken of Patsy Cline.
[ Courtesy of Alfredda Rhodes and Erma Schofield ]
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Fans pay tribute,
Nashville Cemetery-
sites of
Cowboy Copas,
Hawkshaw Hawkins
and Randy Hughes
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Nashville Tennessean, by JOE RUDIS; from Honky Tonk Angel: The
Intimate Story of Patsy Cline by Ellis Nassour, © 1981, 1993, 2008.
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FOR AN APPRECIATION OF THE CAREER OF PATSY
CLINE,
A REMEMBRANCE BY CLOSE FRIEND FAYE MORGAN and MARIE FLYNT.
A STARTLING STORY OF EVENTS ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 5,
1963,
NASHVILLE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
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In
Memoriam
Carrie Lee McNeil
Vancouver, Canada
1961 - 2008
We began corresponding on publication of my first Patsy bio. Carrie Lee was the ultimate
Patsy fan, and special in many ways. In spite of many challenges, because of a lifetime of illnesses,
she was a tireless promoter of country music and Patsy Cline's legacy.
No one could ask
for a more valued friend.
God bless her determination and spunk.
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Remembering the legacy of my good friend and beloved friend of Patsy
Cline
Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon,
better known to one and all as
Cousin Minnie Pearl
October 25, 1912 - March 4, 1996
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Faye Morgan
a.k.a known as Opry Faye
Nashville and Indianapolis
A much-loved friend and a friend to all in Country Music,
especially to Loretta and Mooney Lynn
and Patsy and Charlie when the couples moved to Music City
December 3, 1931 - June 25, 2021
Faye Morgan's Tribute to Patsy Cline on
Following Page
Loretta Lynn
April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022
Remembering some of the greatest memories of my career, the ones with you.
Les Leverett
April 23, 1927 - June 2, 2023
He was a true friend. Without Les, this book could never have been published.
His photographs are an incredible asset.
Also remembering: Roy Acuff, Roy Clark, Gerald Cline, Charlie Dick,
Marie Flynt, Jan Howard,
Bill Peer, Marty Robbins, Jean Shepard,
Ernest Tubb, and Porter Wagoner
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I long ago extended grateful thanks to Owen Bradley, Jimmy Dean,
Roger Miller, Billy Walker, and
Faron Young
for their trust and contributions to my biography by setting fact to
fiction in detailing the many instances of their relationship with
Patsy Cline.
Visit Tribute pages to Hilda Hensley, Les Leverett, Louise Seger, and Dottie West
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