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  • Mar 18, 1941
    Margie Bowes is born in Roxboro, North Carolina. After winning a Pet Milk national talent contest, she notches one hit record in 1959: "Poor Old Heartsick Me"
    Nov 11, 1961
    Doyle Wilburn marries Margie Bowes at Calvary Baptist Church in Nashville
    Oct 14, 1962
    Margie Bowes and The Wilburn Brothers' Doyle Wilburn welcome a daughter, Sharon Renae Wilburn, in Tennessee
    Mar 18, 1966
    Jimmy Dean brings soldiers on stage from the audience as he closes an episode of ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show" with "You Are My Sunshine." Guests for the week include Margie Bowes, comedian George Carlin and baseball players Maury Wills and Jim "Mudcat" Grant
    Aug 10, 1966
    The movie "The Gold Guitar" opens in Atlanta. The picture features a bevy of country stars, including Bill Anderson, Bill Carlisle, Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky, Margie Bowes, Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lewis, Charlie Louvin, Eddie Hill and Don Barber
    Nov 27, 1971
    Margie Bowes sings "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" in her final appearance as a member of the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
    Oct 25, 2004
    Margie Bowes has a foot amputated. The limb was severely injured in a 1995 car accident, and Bowes had undergone several surgeries on the foot in the interim
    Oct 22, 2020
    Margie Bowes dies in Tennessee. Rising through a Pet Milk talent contest, she earned a country hit in 1959 with "Poor Old Heartsick Me"

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