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    • Dec 25, 1904
    During riverboat captain Thomas Ryman's funeral at Nashville's Union Gospel Tabernacle, the building is renamed the Ryman Auditorium. It becomes a significant live venue, hosting the Grand Ole Opry for more than 30 years
    Jan 9, 1935
    Elvis Presley's stillborn twin brother, Jesse Presley, is buried in a cardboard box in Tupelo, Mississippi, a day after their birth
    Apr 19, 1936
    Funeral services are held for western swing figure Milton Brown at the Lucas South Side Funeral Home in Fort Worth. The Chuck Wagon Gang performs, The Musical Brownies serve as pallbearers, and fellow musician Bob Wills attends
    Dec 13, 1949
    Country recording pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson is eulogized at East Side Baptist Church in Atlanta, with governor Herman Talmadge serving as an honorary pallbearer
    Jan 4, 1953
    Hank Williams' funeral draws more than 20,000 people in Montgomery, Alabama. A country choir led by Webb Pierce, Red Foley, Little Jimmy Dickens and Carl Smith performs "I Saw The Light." Ernest Tubb offers "Beyond The Sunset"
    Aug 15, 1958
    Elvis Presley's mother, Gladys, is buried at Memphis' Forest Hill Cemetery
    Feb 7, 1959
    Four days after the infamous plane crash, funeral services are held for Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas. Pallbearers include Sonny Curtis and Bob Montgomery. Phil Everly sits with Holly's parents
    Nov 8, 1960
    Johnny Horton is buried in Bossier City, Louisiana. Johnny Cash reads John 20 at Rose-Neath Chapel during the funeral, also attended by record producer Don Law, singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore, Tillman Franks and Jimmie Davis
    Mar 10, 1963
    The funeral for Patsy Cline draws 25,000 onlookers in Winchester, Virginia, who watch as her body is driven from Jones Funeral Home to the burial grounds, Shenandoah Memorial Park
    Dec 18, 1964
    "Bring It On Home To Me" songwriter Sam Cooke is buried in Chicago. Ray Charles sings "Angels Keep Watching Over Me" at his funeral



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