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Feb 28, 1996

Dee Henry Jenkins withdraws her Nashville petition to exhume the body of her late husband, Conway Twitty, and have it cremated, lamenting that the matter has evolved into a "media circus"

Feb 28, 1996

Billy Ray Cyrus is surprised with the humanitarian award during the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville

Feb 29, 1996

Sawyer Brown records "I Get Around" at Nashville's Masterfonics, collaborating with The Beach Boys on their country album

Mar 1, 1996

The Beach Boys overdub the Nashville String Machine at Nashville's Masterfonics, adding parts to a version of "Caroline, No" featuring The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit

Mar 4, 1996

Minnie Pearl dies in Nashville of complications from a stroke. Noted for her homespun humor, the country comic spent more than 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry, becoming a regular on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw" and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Mar 5, 1996

Earl Thomas Conley, Lee Roy Parnell, Betsy Smittle and Becky Hobbs perform at Nashville's Belmont Church during a memorial service for Gus Hardin

Mar 6, 1996

More than 1,500 people attend a memorial service for Minnie Pearl at the Brentwood United Methodist Church, including Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Janis Gill, Amy Grant, Gary Chapman, Grandpa Jones, Jan Howard, Barbara Mandrell and Wynonna Judd

Mar 7, 1996

Junior Brown pops into Masterfonics in Nashville to help The Beach Boys on a country album, remaking "409"

Mar 7, 1996

Tracy Lawrence's divorce from the former Frances Weatherford is finalized in Wilson County, Tennessee

Mar 9, 1996

Days after her passing, Minnie Pearl is honored at the Grand Ole Opry as her favorite song, "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," is sung by Wilma Lee Cooper, Jean Shepard, Jeanne Pruett, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Jeannie Seely and Jan Howard, among others

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