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    • Jan 23, 1926
    Songwriter Casey Anderson is born in Osnabrock, North Dakota. A founding member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, he co-writes Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive" with his wife, Liz Anderson. Daughter Lynn Anderson becomes a significant country singer
    May 26, 1946
    Liz and Casey Anderson marry. The couple writes Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive" and has a daughter, country star Lynn Anderson. Liz also writes Haggard's "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" and nets two mid-'60s hits as a recording artist
    Sep 26, 1947
    Lynn Anderson is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The daughter of songwriters Liz and Casey Anderson, she achieves more than 15 hit singles from 1967-1983 with the million-selling "Rose Garden" emerging as her signature song
    Dec 6, 1967
    Forty songwriters attend the inaugural meeting of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. They include Kris Kristofferson, Marijohn Wilkin, Eddie Miller, Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and Liz and Casey Anderson
    Oct 15, 1969
    Glen Campbell and songwriter Casey Anderson perform The Lovin' Spoonful's "Nashville Cats" on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." The CBS telecast also features Cher and Larry McNeeley
    Jun 15, 2018
    The Lynn Anderson Rose Garden is dedicated at the Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home on Thompson Lane in Nashville, as the state of Tennessee observes Lynn Anderson Day. The late singer's father, songwriter Casey Anderson, attends
    Nov 11, 2018
    Songwriter Casey Anderson, who co-wrote Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive," rides in the Nashville Veterans Day Parade
    Nov 26, 2018
    Songwriter Casey Anderson dies in Nashville. He co-wrote the Merle Haggard hit "The Fugitive" with his wife, Liz Anderson. He was also the father of Lynn Anderson
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