Find A Grave - Hermitage Memorial Gardens

Doll, Steven 'Steven Dunn' b. December 9, 1964 d. March 22, 2009
Professional Wrestler: Although Steven was billed as being from Portland Oregon he was actually from Hendersonville, Tennessee. He began his wrestling training under the tutelage of retired wrestlers Rick and John Davidson in 1984. His professional debut came in May of 1985 in a match with "Dirty" Dick Slater. From 1987 to 1992 he wrestled for Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW), winning numerous singles and Tag Team titles. In 1987 he formed a tag team with Scott Peterson known as The Southern...[Read More] (Bio by: Miss Hildy)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Hall, James F. b. May 7, 1921 d. March 2, 1984
Songwriter. Penned the Jerry Lee Lewis hit “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” in 1954 under the pseudonym Sunny David. (Bio by: Kim Inboden)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Ever Lasting Life Section
Hamilton, Bobby b. May 29, 1957 d. January 7, 2007
Race Car Driver. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of thirteen he began his racing career at the Nashville Speedway, racing on the weekly circuit at the track, where he went on to win the track championship in 1987. He joined the NASCAR ranks racing in the Bush Series in North Carolina in 1988 and made his debut in the Winston Cup in 1990. That same year, he was asked to be drive a stunt car for the motion picture "Days Of Thunder" (1990). In 1991, he was Winston Cup rookie of the year...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Morgan, George [original burial site] b. June 28, 1924 d. July 7, 1975
Musician. He sang songs such as Candy Kisses, and was the father of Lorrie Morgan.
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: He was moved from this site in 2000
Rugg, Hal b. July 21, 1936 d. August 9, 2005
Musician, Steel guitarist. He began his musical career working clubs in Arizona, Illinois and Minnesota. In 1961 he moved to Nashville where his music is featured on hits sung be many country music stars including Loretta Lynn, Ronnie Milsap and George Jones. In 1963 he began a sixteen year career as a member of the Grand Ole Opry staff band. Later,he became a band leader for the majority of the televised awards shows originating from Nashville and started producing for Capital Records. For...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Sykes, Bishop 'Bobby' d. 1994
Musician who played with Marty Robbins and later Hank Snow and even recorded his own record under the name Johnny Freedom which became very popular. He is buried not far from the graves of Ernest Tubb and Justin...[Read More] (Bio by: Marty Roberts)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Tubb, Ernest 'Texas Troubadour' b. February 9, 1914 d. September 6, 1984
Musician, Songwriter. He was a farm boy born near Crisp, Texas, to sharecropper parents. One of the big country music stars of the day was Jimmie Rodgers, and Tubb aspired to be like him. He worked for the Works Progress Administration during the day and moonlighted at a San Antonio radio station by night. Several years after Rodgers' death, Tubb solicited an autographed picture from his widow. They got to know each other, and Mrs. Rodgers used her contacts to help Tubb get a recording contract...[Read More]
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Tubb, Justin b. August 20, 1935 d. January 24, 1998
Musician. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was a country music singer-songwriter and the son of artist Ernest Tubb. A fixture on the Grand Ole Opry from the age of nine, he was signed by Decca Records in 1954. His many hits included "Blue Eyed Elaine", "Looking Back To See", "As Long As There's A Sunday", "I Gotta Go Get My Baby" and "Take A Letter Miss Gray". As a songwriter for other artist, his songs included "Hurry, Mr Peters", "Keeping Up With The Joneses", "Love Is No Excuse" and "Lonesome...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Webb, Willie (Jay) Lee b. February 12, 1937 d. July 31, 1996
Musician. Born in Van Lear, Kentucky, he was a country music performer and younger brother of country singer Loretta Lynn. Although he didn't have the success of his sister, he had several Billboard hit recordings to include "The Happiness of Having You" (1971) and was a regular at the Grand Ol' Opry. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Wonderon Jr., Rudolph Walter 'Minnesota Fats' b. January 19, 1913 d. January 15, 1996
Billiards Player, Entertainer. Best known by the name "Minnesota Fats" (a miniker he chose after the character in the motion picture "The Hustler"), he was perhaps the best known pool player in the United States, despite of the fact that he never won a single major pool tournament. He even went as far as to tell people that the character in the movie was based on him. The author of the book "The Hustler" denied this. Rudolph Wanderone was born in New York in 1913. He started playing pool as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Ump72)
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Woody, Douglas Allen b. October 2, 1956 d. August 26, 2000
Douglas Allen Woody, former bassist for the Allman Brothers Band and founder of power trio Gov't Mule. Woody, who went by his middle name Allen, had played in bands with members of Lynyrd Skynryd before joining Gregg Allman's revived band in 1989. The musician was 44 years old. Born the son of a Nashville truck driver, Allen Woody was inspired to start learning the bass at 14 by Paul McCartney's work with the Beatles, though he cited influences like Hot Tuna, Jefferson Aeroplane, blues, country...[Read More]
Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

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