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    • Feb 27, 1924
    Ruth Williams is born in Winona, Missouri. She marries Porter Wagoner
    Aug 25, 1924
    Glenn Wagoner is born in West Plains, Missouri, the older brother of Porter Wagoner
    Aug 12, 1927
    Porter Wagoner is born in Howell County, Missouri. Known for his rhinestone suits, he develops a long-running syndicated TV show in which he introduces Dolly Parton as a duet partner. A member of the Grand Ole Opry beginning in 1957, he joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002
    May 2, 1942
    Porter Wagoner graduates from the eighth grade in West Plains, Missouri. Needed to work on the family farm, he never attends high school
    Aug 28, 1942
    Eighteen-year-old Glenn Wagoner, older brother of Porter Wagoner, dies from inflammation of the heart at a hospital in West Plains, Missouri
    Apr 29, 1944
    Porter Wagoner marries Velma Johnson in Hardy, Arkansas. The marriage will last only a few months
    Jan 25, 1946
    Porter Wagoner gets married to Ruth Williams at the home of his sister, Lorraine, in West Plains, Missouri
    Feb 17, 1947
    Porter Wagoner begins a three-year stint at the International Shoe Company manufacturing plant in West Plains, Missouri, for 57.5 cents per hour
    Jul 15, 1947
    Radio station KWPM goes on the air in West Plains, Missouri, providing a training ground for local resident Porter Wagoner
    Aug 4, 1947
    Six months after Porter Wagoner began working at the West Plains, Missouri, manufacturing plant for the International Shoe Company, his wife, Ruth, takes a job in the fitting department
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