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    • Jun 1, 1896
    Songwriter Elsie McWilliams is born in Harperville, Mississippi. She co-writes with brother-in-law Jimmie Rodgers, joining the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1979. Among her credits: "Daddy And Home" and "Everybody Does It In Hawaii"
    Oct 7, 1979
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Elsie McWilliams ("Blue Yodel"), Thomas A. Dorsey ("Peace In The Valley"), Joe South ("Rose Garden") and The Louvin Brothers ("If I Could Only Win Your Love")
    Dec 30, 1985
    Elsie McWilliams dies at her home in Meridian, Mississippi. The sister-in-law of Jimmie Rodgers, she co-wrote numerous Rodgers songs, including "Blue Yodel No. 7 (Anniversary Blue Yodel)," "Waiting For A Train" and "Daddy And Home," landing a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Apr 1, 2000
    Elvis Presley, Jimmie Rodgers and Tammy Wynette are among the first 27 inductees in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Also added: Jimmy Buffett, B.B. King, Sam Cooke, James Blackwood and songwriters Ben Peters and Elsie McWilliams
    Sep 10, 2010
    Songwriter Elsie McWilliams receives a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker at the Lauderdale County Courthouse in Meridian. She was one of Jimmie Rodgers' collaborators, co-writing "Daddy And Home" and "My Rough And Rowdy Ways"
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