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    • May 29, 1933
    Jimmie Rodgers is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Meridian, Mississippi
    Jan 17, 1953
    Less than two weeks after Hank Williams was interred at the Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama, his coffin is dug up and moved to a new site
    Sep 21, 1954
    A 10-foot marble memorial is unveiled at the gravesite of Hank Williams in Montgomery, Alabama, following a parade in the late star's honor that draws 60,000 people. The marker bears the inscription "I Saw The Light"
    Aug 15, 1958
    Elvis Presley's mother, Gladys, is buried at Memphis' Forest Hill Cemetery
    Jul 4, 1960
    A day after his father re-married, Elvis Presley visits the cemetery to pray at the grave of his mother, Gladys
    Dec 23, 1960
    Two 150-pound marble flower vases and a marble replica of Hank Williams' hat are stolen from his grave in Montgomery, Alabama
    Apr 5, 1968
    Skeets McDonald is buried in Rector, Arkansas
    Dec 27, 1968
    Two 150-pound marble urns and a marble replica of Hank Williams' hat are stolen from his grave in Montgomery, Alabama. The memorial objects will be recovered over the next four days
    Jul 4, 1969
    A gravesite monument to Grand Ole Opry founder George D. Hay is unveiled at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia
    Aug 8, 1970
    "Me And Bobby McGee" vocalist Janis Joplin purchases a headstone for late blues singer Bessie Smith



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