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    • Nov 26, 1964
    Mel Tillis and Red Foley find songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, co-writer of "The Long Black Veil," barely conscious at her rural Tennessee home. Wilkin had attempted to commit suicide with sleeping pills and aspirin
    Dec 25, 1964
    Red Foley and his wife, Sally, are sent to Baptist Hospital after a fire starts in their Nashville apartment from a dropped cigarette butt. Red has burns on his right hand; Sally suffers from smoke inhalation
    Dec 11, 1965
    Decca presents Brenda Lee a red Mustang convertible during a 21st birthday party at Nashville's Hermitage Hotel. In attendance: future Country Music Hall of Famers Red Foley, Owen Bradley and Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
    Mar 31, 1967
    An invitation-only event provides a peek at the original Country Music Hall of Fame a day before its public opening on Music Row in Nashville. Among the attendees: Eddy Arnold, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Hank Williams Jr., Red Foley, Minnie Pearl, Jeannie Seely and songwriters Boudleaux and Felice Bryant
    Oct 1, 1967
    Porter Wagoner, Red Foley and Jimmie Davis perform for Louisiana governor John McKeithen at the statehouse in Baton Rouge
    Oct 20, 1967
    Red Foley, Jim Reeves, artist manager J.L. Frank and record producer Steve Sholes join the Country Music Hall of Fame during the first Country Music Association awards ceremony in Nashville
    Sep 19, 1968
    Red Foley dies from a heart attack in a hotel room in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Grandfather to Debby Boone, Foley was a steady country hitmaker from 1944-1956, earning membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967. His last song is a gospel title, "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)"
    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
    Dec 12, 1979
    Moe Bandy records "Yesterday Once More." It honors Red Foley's "Peace In The Valley," Tex Ritter's "High Noon" and "Rye Whiskey," Johnny Horton's "North To Alaska," Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' "San Antonio Rose" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy," among others
    Jan 30, 1997
    Sally Sweet Foley, the last of the late Red Foley's three wives, dies at Hendersonville Hospital in Tennessee
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