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    • Jun 28, 1947
    Songwriter Kim Williams is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. A 2012 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he creates Randy Travis' "Three Wooden Crosses," Reba McEntire's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" and Garth Brooks' "Ain't Goin' Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)"
    Oct 9, 1971
    Songwriter Kim Williams and his wife, Phyllis, are married. He writes Garth Brooks' "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)," Randy Travis' "Three Wooden Crosses" and Reba McEntire's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"
    Feb 12, 1974
    Kim Williams is among three people who suffer electrical burns during a freak fire at the ASG Industries glass plant in Johnson City, Tennessee. He will undergo 200 surgeries. Eventually, Williams becomes a country songwriter, penning "Three Wooden Crosses," "Papa Loved Mama" and "Warning Labels"
    Nov 5, 2003
    Doug Johnson and Kim Williams take Song of the Year as the writers of Randy Travis' "Three Wooden Crosses" during the 37th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House on CBS
    May 26, 2004
    Randy Travis and songwriters Doug Johnson and Kim Williams claim Song of the Year honors, for "Three Wooden Crosses," in the 39th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay
    Oct 7, 2012
    Mary Chapin Carpenter is inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Tony Arata ("The Dance"), Kim Williams ("Three Wooden Crosses") and Larry Henley ("The Wind Beneath My Wings") at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel
    Feb 11, 2016
    Songwriter Kim Williams dies in Florida. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame since 2012, he penned such hits as Randy Travis' "Three Wooden Crosses," Garth Brooks' "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)" and Reba McEntire's "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"
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