Colonel Buster Doss, age 81 of Winchester passed away Sunday, August 06, 2006 at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, TN. Col. Doss began his career as an entertainer at the age of six. He later became an active member of the "Old Time Medicine Show" where he began to learn form the professionals who trained such entertainers as Gene Autrey, Bob Wills, Red Skelton, Roy Acuff, Bud Abbott and Costello. In 1942, he proudly served his country, enlisting in the U.S. Navy where he produced shows to entertain troops during WW II. In 1945, he appeared in such Hollywood productions as Bronco Buck Cody and The Cactus Kid. In 1946, he recorded and produced his first record for Royalty Records and in 1947 and 1948 recorded for Star Talent Records. In 1948, he joined The Louisiana Hayride along with Hank Williams, Sr., Johnny Horton, Kitty Wells, Johnny and Jack, Faron Young, Webb Pierce, Jim Reeves and later Elvis Presley. He later owned as many as seven radio stations and country music's largest telephone promotion unit, promoting Grand Ole Opry Shows. In 1959, he founded Wizard Records in Waco, TX and later brought the company to Nashville where it became the first major independent record label on Music row. He later owned and operated a radio station in Missouri and the first of seven "Frontier Jamboree Music Theatre" and "Codyland Frontier Village". In 1976, he formed the group "Cooder Browne" and signed them to Willie Nelson's Lone Star Records and Mercury Records. The group went on to become Willie's opening act. Col. Doss was the writer of more than 500-recorded songs and has produced thousands of records since 1948. The Country Music Association of America voted him into the Hall Of Fame. The Greater Southern Country Music Association, Colorado Country Foundation, Circus, Magicians and Ventriloquist also honored him by induction into their Halls of Fame. He has owned and published familiar magazines such as Smoke Signals, C.B. News, and The Texas Tourist Guide and The Country Gazette, which continue in production. In 2005, Col. Doss organized and produced "Jamboree On The Mountain" which was held in Monteagle, TN and in 2006 "Jamboree By The Lake" which was held in Winchester, TN. Buster is survived by his wife of 40 years, Barbara Doss; sons, Lonnie Earl Doss of Texarkana, TX and Bo Doss of Birmingham, AL; daughter, Kimberlee Doss Akins of Huntsville, AL; grandchildren, Patrick Earl, Zoe Annabella, Irie Trevor, Xavier Doss and Zion Solomon, Chip Doss and Kelly Doss; sister, Wynona Murphy of Texarkana, TX and several nieces and nephews