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Apr 19, 1936
Funeral services are held for western swing figure Milton Brown at the Lucas South Side Funeral Home in Fort Worth. The Chuck Wagon Gang performs, The Musical Brownies serve as pallbearers, and fellow musician Bob Wills attends
Jan 4, 1953
Hank Williams' funeral draws more than 20,000 people in Montgomery, Alabama. A country choir led by Webb Pierce, Red Foley, Little Jimmy Dickens and Carl Smith performs "I Saw The Light." Ernest Tubb offers "Beyond The Sunset"
Jul 2, 1954
Elvis Presley attends the Memphis funeral for R.W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles, of the gospel quartet The Blackwood Brothers. Blackwood and Lyles died in a plane crash in Alabama two days earlier
Feb 7, 1959
Four days after the infamous plane crash, funeral services are held for Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas. Pallbearers include Sonny Curtis and Bob Montgomery. Phil Everly sits with Holly's parents
Nov 8, 1960
Johnny Horton is buried in Bossier City, Louisiana. Johnny Cash reads John 20 at Rose-Neath Chapel during the funeral, also attended by record producer Don Law, singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore, Tillman Franks and Jimmie Davis
Aug 9, 1964
Peter, Paul & Mary perform in New York at the funeral for Andrew Goodman, one of three civil rights workers brutally murdered the previous month in Mississippi. Peter Yarrow will earn a country hit as the writer of "Torn Between Two Lovers"
Dec 18, 1964
"Bring It On Home To Me" songwriter Sam Cooke is buried in Chicago. Ray Charles sings "Angels Keep Watching Over Me" at his funeral
Sep 17, 1968
Funeral services are held in Nashville for Roy Orbison's two sons, Dewayne and Tony Orbison, who died in a fire three days earlier. In attendance are Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Leroy Van Dyke and manager Wesley Rose
Sep 22, 1968
The Jordanaires sing "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" during Red Foley's funeral at the Madison Church of Christ in Tennessee. Others in attendance include Minnie Pearl, Porter Wagoner, Roy Acuff, Brenda Lee, Grandpa Jones, Webb Pierce and Pat Boone
Oct 1, 1968
Elvis Presley attends the funeral for Dewey Phillips, the Memphis disc jockey who first interviewed the singer on the air. Pallbearers include record producer Sam Phillips and Dickey Lee
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