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    • Nov 30, 1931
    Singer/songwriter Teddy Wilburn is born in Hardy, Arkansas. Along with older sibling Doyle, The Wilburn Brothers benefit from an association with Webb Pierce, joining the Grand Ole Opry and amassing more than a dozen hits from 1954-1966
    Jan 11, 1951
    Teddy Wilburn joins the Army
    Feb 17, 1968
    Billboard reports The Wilburn Brothers are leaving the road so Teddy Wilburn can move to California and become an actor
    Jan 3, 1980
    Tom T. Hall throws a party for 75 at his Nashville-area home to rally support for Jimmy Carter's re-election campaign. Hall's Fox Hollow guests include: Bobby Bare, Hank Snow, Skeeter Davis, Teddy Wilburn, Jack Greene and Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius
    Oct 16, 1982
    Doyle Wilburn dies in Nashville. Along with younger sibling Teddy, The Wilburn Brothers were longtime members of the Grand Ole Opry and a recorded for Decca Records, where they mounted nearly 15 hits from 1954-1966
    Sep 10, 1984
    More than 500 attend Ernest Tubb's funeral at Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, including pallbearers Cal Smith, Carl Smith, Teddy Wilburn, Carl Butler, Jack Greene, Hank Williams Jr., Billy Parker, Porter Wagoner, Junior Pruneda and C.R. Tubb Jr.
    Jan 14, 1985
    Katie Maple Wilburn, mother of The Wilburn Brothers, dies at age 80 in Franklin, Tennessee, after an extended illness. Teddy and Doyle Wilburn had often closed their Grand Ole Opry performances by simply saying, "Good night, Mom"
    May 9, 1998
    Teddy Wilburn makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
    Nov 24, 2003
    Singer/songwriter Teddy Wilburn dies of congestive heart failure at Nashville's Southern Hills Medical Center. As a member of The Wilburn Brothers, he was part of a hitmaking duo, a syndicated country TV show and a publishing house that represented Loretta Lynn
    Oct 5, 2004
    The Tennessean reports Loretta Lynn has filed suit in Nashville to regain ownership of more than 100 songs from Sure-Fire Music, including "Coal Miner's Daughter" and "You Ain't Woman Enough." The original Sure-Fire owners, Doyle and Teddy Wilburn, have died, and the contract allows her to terminate if ownership changes
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