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  • Aug 10, 1984
    Colonel Tom Parker is named honorary police chief during a banquet in Elvis Presley's hometown: Tupelo, Mississippi
    Sep 1, 1985
    Charlie Worsham is born in Jackson, Mississippi. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he earns his first hit in 2013 with "Could It Be." He also plays on Dierks Bentley's "I Hold On" and Eric Church's "Like Jesus Does"
    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 4, 1986
    A stretch of U.S. 49E in Yazoo City, Mississippi, is renamed Jerry Clower Boulevard
    Apr 14, 1986
    Yazoo City, Mississippi, declares Jerry Clower Day in honor of the Grand Ole Opry comedian, who often incorporates the town into his routines
    May 3, 1987
    Fiddler Merle Franklin "Red" Taylor dies of cancer at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Saltillo. He made his mark as a member of Little Jimmy Dickens' band, playing on "Hillbilly Fever" and "A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed." Taylor also appeared on Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen"
    Oct 17, 1987
    Singer/songwriter Jameson Rodgers is born in Batesville, Mississippi. He earns hits as an artist with his 2019 single "Some Girls" and his 2020 Luke Combs collaboration "Cold Beer Calling My Name," and also co-writes Chris Lane's "I Don't Know About You" and Florida Georgia Line's "Talk You Out Of It"
    Apr 15, 1988
    Adam Doleac is born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He earns his first gold single from the RIAA in 2021 for "Famous"
    May 7, 1988
    Moorhead, Mississippi, observes Johnny Russell Day with a concert that also includes Stella Parton, Dickey Lee and Little David Wilkins
    Nov 17, 1988
    Bass player Reid Perry is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He becomes one-third of The Band Perry, which earns a triple-platinum single with "If I Die Young" and wins the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year in 2011

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