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    • Sep 14, 1996
    Johnnie Lee Wills Lane is dedicated at the edge of the Tulsa State Fairgrounds in honor of the western swing artist who lent his name repeatedly to a rodeo at that very site: the Johnnie Lee Wills Tulsa Stampede
    Sep 20, 1996
    Paintsville, Kentucky, celebrates Crystal Gayle Day, dedicating a section of U.S. Highway 23 as the Crystal Gayle Highway. She is also named a Kentucky Colonel
    Nov 21, 1996
    Nashville's Baptist Hospital dedicates the Mandrell Heart Center
    May 6, 1997
    Nashville's Metro Parks Board votes to rename Music Square Park as Owen Bradley Park, honoring the man who built the first studio on what is now known as Music Row
    Jun 27, 1997
    Commerce, Georgia, renames Little Street as Bill Anderson Boulevard. The road used to run by WJJC Radio, the station where Anderson was employed when he wrote the country classic "City Lights"
    Aug 20, 1997
    The State of Alabama dedicates a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 65 as the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway in a ceremony in the State Capitol. The renamed section runs from his birthplace, Georgiana, to Montgomery, the site of his grave
    Mar 14, 1998
    Dry Ridge, Kentucky, renames a portion of Broadway as the Skeeter Davis Highway
    Apr 28, 1998
    Ferriday, Louisiana, renames Mississippi Avenue as Mickey Gilley Drive
    Aug 14, 1998
    A seven-mile bypass for Highway 59/164 is renamed the Les Paul Parkway in Waukesha, Wisconsin
    Nov 24, 1998
    Ashland, Kentucky, proclaims Billy Ray Cyrus Day, presenting the singer with a key to the city. Additionally, a section of Kentucky Route 693 in nearby Flatwoods is renamed Billy Ray Cyrus Boulevard



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