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Adams, Rosey Carter b. July 13, 1958 d. October 24, 2003
Bluegrass/Country Singer. Born Rozanna Lea Nix, she was the daughter of country singer June Carter Cash and the step daughter of music legend Johnny Cash, and appeared on several recordings by her mother and step-father. She also recorded with her husband, bluegrass performer Phillip Adams. Along with fiddle player [Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Cause of death: Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Next to Johnny and June
Axton, Mae Boren b. September 14, 1914 d. April 9, 1997
Country Music Pioneer. She co-wrote the Elvis Presley hit "Heartbreak Hotel." She was the mother of country singer Hoyt Axton.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum
Barnes, Max Duane b. July 24, 1936 d. January 11, 2004
Country Music Songwriter. He was a two-time winner of the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award, and co-writer of such classics as "Chiseled In Stone," "Look at Us" and "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes." Respected and honored writer in the Country music genre, he was a writing partner of many writers such as Harlan Howard, Merle Haggard and Vince Gill. He wrote hits for country music giants like George Jones, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Vern Gosdin, Randy Travis, Keith Whitley and...[Read More] (Bio by: Rebecca)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Carter, Anita b. March 31, 1933 d. July 29, 1999
Country Musician. Member of the Carter Family Singers.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Garden of Matthew, Buried with her mother
Carter, Maybelle 'Mother' b. May 10, 1909 d. October 23, 1978
Country music legend of the 1920s thru 1940s. Mother of famed Country music performer June Carter Cash.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Cash, Johnny b. February 26, 1932 d. September 12, 2003
Country Singer, Musician, Actor, Entertainer. Legendary Country Music Singer and songwriter who was known as "The Man in Black" for his trademark wearing of all black clothing. Contrary to his songs and image, he never spent time in prison (except to visit). Most remembered for the songs "Ring of Fire," "Folsom Prison Blues," "A Boy Named Sue," and "I walk the Line." Born in Kingsland, Arkansas, one of seven children, in 1951, he enlisted into the United States Air Force, was stationed in...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Diabetes and neuropathy
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 36.3120842, -86.5924606 (hddd.dddd)
Cash, June Carter b. June 23, 1929 d. May 15, 2003
Country Singer, producer, author, actress. Born in Maces Springs, Virginia, on June 23, 1929, as Valerie June Carter, she was a member of the famous singing Carter Family. The Carter Family began recording country music in 1927 and continued until Maybelle's death in 1978. The Carter Family Singers included members like 'Mother' Maybelle Carter, Anita Carter, and Alvin Pleasant 'A.P.' Carter, and of course June who would go onto a successful singing career herself. In the 1950s she moved to New...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
GPS coordinates: 36.3120842, -86.5924606 (hddd.dddd)
Graves, Burkett Howard 'Uncle Josh' b. September 27, 1928 d. September 30, 2006
Bluegrass Music Pioneer. Known as "Uncle Josh" or "Buck" to his fans, this musician and songwriter is credited with revolutionizing bluegrass music by playing the resophonic guitar or "Dobro" when he joined the Lester Flatt's and Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys Band. At the time he was one of only five known professional "Dobro" players worldwide but his ability to dazzle audiences and radio listeners coast to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Hinson, Kenneth Duane b. October 17, 1953 d. July 27, 1995
Acclaimed Gospel Singer. "The Singer," as Kenny was known in the gospel music realm, was the lead singer for the "Original" Hinson Family. Also an accomplished guitartist and songwriter, Kenny wrote "Call Me Gone," "Ain't That What It's All About," and "Desperation." He won the Favorite Male Vocalist of the year in 1976 and 1988 awarded by the "Singing News." He was also voted as the "Entertainer of the Millineum" in 2000 by the Country Gospel Music Association. (Bio by: Dana Davis R.N.)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Hughey, John Robert b. December 27, 1933 d. November 18, 2007
Musician. Member of the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. His unique style is heard on recordings by Vince Gill, Conway Twitty, Elvis Presley,and many more artists. He was known for an atypical sound that focused on the steel's high tones. His use of the metal bar to produce a tremulous tone led some to refer to his "crying steel" guitar, and his Hall of Fame plaque refers to him as the master of "bar shiver." (Bio by: Ashley08)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Jenkins, Howard F. b. August 8, 1935 d. September 23, 1996
Country musician. Conway Twitty's brother and band member.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum. Enter main mausoleum doors and make an immediate right. Grave is at eye-level to the right.
Jones, Helen 'Carter' b. 1927 d. 1998
Country Musician. Born Helen Myrl Carter, she was a member of the country singing group " Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters". She performed with her mother Maybelle, sisters Anita and June, later wife to Johhny Cash. She had a professional career in music that spanned 60 years and recorded for such labels as Liberty, Columbia, MGM and RCA Victor. During the 1960s and 1970s, the group charted a number of top singles including "Traveling Minstrel Band", "The World Needs A Melody" and "A Song...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Garden of Matthew, Sermon on the Mount Section
Jones, Kenneth b. 1952 d. 1969
Son of Helen Carter-Jones of the Carter Family Singers.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Sermon on the Mount section.
Kilgore, Merle b. August 9, 1934 d. February 6, 2005
Country Music Songwriter. Co-wrote "Ring of Fire" with June Carter Cash, and "Wolverton Mountain" for Claude King. He was the long time manager for his friend, Hank Williams Jr. (Bio by: nWoQ)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Maphis, Dale
Son of Country singing Duo Joe and Rose Lee Maphis.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Maphis, Joe b. May 12, 1921 d. June 27, 1986
Joe Maphis was half of the Country Music Duo Joe and Rose Maphis. He is buried directly above the graves of Maybelle, Ezra and Anita Carter at Hendersonville Memory Park cemetery.
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Perkins, Luther b. January 8, 1928 d. August 5, 1968
Luther was the lead guitar player for Johnny Cash from 1955 until 1968. He was the one responsible for creating the very distinct sound behind Johnny Cash. Luther, along with bass player Marshall Grant became The Tennessee Two. Luther played several different guitars including the Fender Telecaster that is pictured. The band was later changed to the Tennessee Three, with the addition of drummer W S Holland. Luther passed away from injuries received in a house fire in August, 1968. Luther�s...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Fascian)
Cause of death: house fire started when a lit cigarette fell out of his mouth
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Russell, Johnny b. January 23, 1940 d. July 3, 2001
Country singer, songwriter. Member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1985. As a singer, one of his hit songs was "Catfish John", which reached the country Top 20 in 1972. As a songwriter, he is most famous for co-writing "Act Naturally", a song that was recorded by both Buck Owens and The Beatles. He was known by many as "the big man with the big heart" for both his girth (over 300 pounds) and pleasant, unselfish demeanor both on and off stage. He would start many of his performances by quipping, "...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Williams)
Cause of death: Complications from diabetes
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Thomas, Michael b. 1957 d. March 16, 1991
One of Reba McEntire's band members, killed in a plane crash that took the lives of all seven of her band members.
Cause of death: Plane crash
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Plot: Enter the main doors of the Mausoleum, and walk all the way to the rear. Turn right and walk to the next to the last grave on the bottom tier.
Walker, Charlie b. November 26, 1926 d. September 12, 2008
Musician and Actor. He was an active member of Grand Ole Opry, he began his music career in the 1940s in Dallas Texas as a singer and guitarist with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers. After his stint in the United States Army he formed the Texas Ramblers, performing around Corpus Christi area in Texas, and working as a radio DJ. He was inducted into the DJ hall of fame in 1981. During the production of "Sweet Dreams," the Patsy Cline bio film, he was given the chance at acting by portraying country...[Read More] (Bio by: Chris Cotton)
Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA

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