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• Akeman, David 'Stringbean'    b. June 17, 1916  d. November 10, 1973
  Comedian, Country Musician. One of the top musical stars of Nashville, Tennessee' Grand Old Opry during his career, he is best known for being one of the original members the comedy and country music television variety show "Hee Haw", which he starred in from 1969 until his murder in 1973. He and his wife were killed by burglars, who had heard rumors about them storing cash in his house, and laid in wait until the Akemans arrived home from the Ryman Auditorium (where the Grand Ole Opry was...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Williams)
  Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Campbell, Archie    b. November 7, 1914  d. August 29, 1987
  Actor, Comedian. This native of Bulls Gap, Tennessee, got his start in 1936 co-hosting a radio show with Roy Acuff on Knoxville station WNOX. After one year he relocated to Chattanooga where he worked in radio until joining the Navy in 1941. He retuned from the service to Knoxville where he helped launch “Country Playhouse”, the city’s first country music television show. In 1958 he moved to Nashville where he was chosen to be a comedian for the Grand Ole Opry. Soon after his Opry debut he...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Glenwood Cemetery, Powell, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Hager, Jim    b. August 30, 1941  d. May 1, 2008
  Entertainer. He and his twin brother Jon were regulars on the TV series "Hee-Haw" from 1969 until 1986. They were known for their rapid delivery of cornball one-liners. Born and raised in the Chicago area, the Hagers formed a musical-comedy duo and appeared on a Chicago TV program for teens while they were still in high school. After Buck Owens saw one of their shows, he hired them as his opening act and later brought them into "Hee-Haw". From the late 1980s they continued to perform at...[Read More] (Bio by: Earl Alexander)
  Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Hager, Jon    b. August 30, 1941  d. January 9, 2009
  Musician. In the 1960s he formed the musical comedy duo "The Hager Twins" with his brother Jim. They were discovered by Buck Owens, who saw them performing at Disneyland. The Hagers were best known as regulars on the TV series "Hee-Haw", from 1969 to 1986. After the series ended they continued to perform as country music entertainers until the death of Jim Hager in May of 2008. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Jones, Louis Marshall 'Grandpa'    b. October 20, 1914  d. February 19, 1998
  Actor, Comedian. Co-star of the long-running Hee Haw television show. Grand Ole Opry member since 1947. Country Music Hall of Fame Member since 1978.
  Cause of death: Complications from a series of strokes
  Lutons Cemetery, Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Owens, Buck    b. August 12, 1929  d. March 25, 2006
  Country Music Singer, Composer, Entrepreneur. He was born Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. in Sherman, Texas to a sharecropper family of ten. They mirrored the mythical family in "The Grapes of Wrath." Caught up in the Dust Bowl, a weather phenomena which plagued the Southwest portion of the US in the twenties, Alvis then eight and the rest of the family with their meager possessions headed west. Home happened where the car broke down which was Mesa, Arizona. The youngster would quit school at...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary and Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA
   
• Pearl (Cannon), Minnie (Sara Ophelia Colley)    b. October 25, 1912  d. March 4, 1996
  Country Music Commedienne/Icon. Born in Centerville, Tennessee, Sarah Colley's parents had debutante balls and college in mind for their daughter, who'd been stage-struck with a love for vaudeville and drama since an early age. While she was indeed a college graduate, that didn't stop her from sneaking into tent shows, which was against her parents wishes. While producing an amateur musical comedy in Baileyton, Ala. around 1936, she met a young mountain woman from whom she based her famed and...[Read More] (Bio by: Jared Vaughn)
  Cause of death: Cancer
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Price, James Kenneth 'Kenny'    b. May 27, 1931  d. August 4, 1987
  A Country-Western star who was made famous by his appearances on a TV show called the Midwestern Hayride and its later-day, much more popular version, hee-Haw.
  Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Erlanger, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA
   
• Samples, Junior    b. April 10, 1926  d. November 13, 1983
  Comedian. He was born Alvin Samples Jr. in Cumming Georgia. He made his living as a farmer, sawmill worker, stock car driver and carpenter and did not enter show business until age 40. He was discovered after a story he told about catching a record-setting fish was recorded by a Game Commission investigator and played on the radio. The recording was developed into an album and became a best-seller. In 1969 he was asked to join the cast of the country variety show “Hee-Haw." He developed a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Sawnee View Gardens, Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
  Plot: Near a large cross
   

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