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  • Mar 17, 1940
    Doris Duckworth is born in Plant City, Florida. She will marry country singer/songwriter Mel Tillis and become mother to Pam Tillis and songwriter Sonny Tillis
    Jul 19, 1962
    Mel Tillis has a son, Mel Tillis Jr. The senior Tillis begins thinking seriously about his future and gives up cigarettes. The boy, nicknamed Sonny, becomes a songwriter as an adult, co-writing Jamie O'Neal's "When I Think About Angels"
    Nov 19, 2017
    Mel Tillis dies at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he was the father of Pam Tillis and "When I Think About Angels" songwriter Sonny Tillis
    Aug 28, 2019
    Doris Tillis dies in Ashland City, Tennessee. The ex-wife of Country Music Hall of Fame member Mel Tillis, she was also the mother of Pam Tillis and "When I Think About Angels" songwriter Sonny Tillis

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