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    • May 13, 1970
    The 30th installment of "The Johnny Cash Show" airs on ABC-TV, with guests Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, The Carter Family and mother Carrie Cash, who joins her son to sing the gospel classic "Uncloudy Day"
    Jul 28, 1970
    While campaigning for Senate candidate Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff's car is hit by a milk truck near Kingsport, Tennessee. Acuff receives a bruised kneecap and chin, and is gouged below his lower lip
    Aug 6, 1970
    Tex Ritter garners only 22% of the vote, losing the Republican primary for a Tennessee Senate seat to William Brock
    Nov 12, 1970
    The second Tex Ritter's Chuckwagon franchise opens at Harding Road in Nashville
    Mar 22, 1971
    Patsy Montana and Tex Ritter receive the Pioneer Award from the Academy Of Country & Western Music during its sixth annual awards, hosted by Dick Clark at the Hollywood Palladium
    Oct 9, 1971
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts 19 new members, including Jenny Lou Carson, Wilf Carter, Zeke Clements, Jimmie Davis, The Delmore Brothers, Al Dexter, Vaughn Horton, Bradley Kincaid, Bill Monroe, Bob Nolan, Tex Ritter, Tim Spencer and Jimmy Wakely
    Mar 17, 1972
    An outdoors festival in Dripping Springs, Texas, is one of the first to draw hippies and traditional country fans, inspiring Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnics. In the lineup with Nelson are Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Roy Acuff, Buck Owens, Kris Kristofferson, Tex Ritter and Tom T. Hall
    Sep 14, 1972
    "The Waltons" begins a 10-year run on CBS. For the first half of its existence, the show features Tex Ritter's son, John Ritter, as reverend Matthew Fordwick, before he moves on to the sitcom "Three's Company"
    Oct 26, 1972
    Tex Ritter's son, John Ritter, makes his first appearance as reverend Matthew Fordwick on "The Waltons," a role he will reprise for five TV seasons
    Nov 13, 1973
    Three days after he was murdered, David "Stringbean" Akeman is laid to rest in Nashville. Attending the funeral are Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Grandpa Jones, Bill Carlisle, Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff, The Willis Brothers and Bill Anderson
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