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    • Jul 13, 1946
    After a three-year absence during World War II, WWVA renews its weekly broadcast of "Jamboree U.S.A." The show eventually runs more than 70 years, featuring such acts as Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Grandpa Jones
    Jul 14, 1946
    Hawkshaw Hawkins joins "The Wheeling Jamboree" in West Virginia
    Feb 19, 1947
    Marlene O'Dell is born in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She is adopted by country singer Hawkshaw Hawkins and his wife, Reva Mason Barbour Hawkins
    Feb 28, 1947
    Laverne Howell becomes the one-millionth fan to attend WWVA's "Jamboree U.S.A." radio show in Wheeling, West Virginia
    Dec 28, 1948
    Sandra Jarvis is born in Huntington, West Virginia. After marrying in 1970, she gives birth to a hit-making son, Brad Paisley
    Jan 1, 1953
    Hank Williams is pronounced dead at Oak Hill General Hospital in Oak Hill, West Virginia, after passing away in the back seat of a Cadillac, en route to a show in Canton, Ohio. Many believe he died from a mix of alcohol and morphine. He will become one of the three inaugural members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 16, 1954
    Tim O'Brien is born in Wheeling, West Virginia. A member of the bluegrass act Hot Rize, he writes Kathy Mattea's 1986 hit "Walk The Way The Wind Blows" and joins her on her 1990 duet "The Battle Hymn Of Love"
    Sep 26, 1954
    John Mattea marries Ruth Ann Cappellanti in St. Augustine, West Virginia. The union produces a future country star: Kathy Mattea
    Jul 11, 1955
    Jenny Peer files for divorce in Charleston, West Virginia, from bandleader Bill Peer, accusing him of adultery with his protege, Patsy Cline
    Jan 17, 1956
    Blues singer/songwriter Blind Alfred Reed dies in Cool Ridge, West Virginia. His 1929 recording of "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" is ranked in 2003 among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
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