| Birth: | Dec. 30, 1931
Dry Ridge
Grant County
Kentucky, USA | | Death: | Sep. 19, 2004
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA | 
Country Singer. Born Mary Frances Penick in Dry Ridge, Kentucky, she and Betty Jack Davis performed as "The Davis Sisters" until Betty died in an auto accident in August 1953. She went on to have a 43-year career performing in many venues around the world, including the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, and Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York. She earned five Grammy Awards, including one for the hit song, "Set Him Free" in 1959, the same year she joined the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. She achieved a hit song with "End Of The World" in 1963, and later produced hit singles "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know", "Gonna Get Along Without You", "I'm Saving My Love", and "I Can't Stay Mad At You". She toured with Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones, and published her autobiography "Bus Fare To Kentucky" in 1993. (bio by: GW)
Cause of death: Breast Cancer
Search Amazon for Skeeter Davis | | | Burial:
Williamson Memorial Gardens
Franklin
Williamson County
Tennessee, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Gary Flinn
Record added: Sep 22, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9503752 |
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Peter Bessette
Added: May. 17, 2013 |
I was just listening to you tonight on Youtube---you gave us one of the greatest songs of the '60's "The End of The World"---thank you so much, and I'm sorry you are not with us anymore..I'm sure you are making beautiful music in Heaven, w/ Elvis, and all...(Read more)
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Richard Hatch
Added: May. 9, 2013 |
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Coquessia Franklin Lawson
Added: May. 4, 2013 |
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