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    • Jun 1, 1986
    Tioga, Texas, renames South Main Street as Gene Autry Drive
    Oct 26, 1986
    Southeastern Louisiana University, of Hammond, dedicates the Jimmie Davis Room, providing a home for the former governor's saddle, chair, guitar and archives
    Aug 13, 1987
    The site of Elvis Presley's first public performance, at a 1953 talent contest, is renamed in his honor. The auditorium at Memphis' Humes Junior High becomes the Elvis A. Presley Auditorium
    Jan 19, 1988
    On Janis Joplin's birthday, Port Arthur, Texas, dedicates a statue to the late "Me And Bobby McGee" singer
    Aug 25, 1988
    Central City, Kentucky, renames three miles of U.S. 62 as Everly Brothers Boulevard, as The Everly Brothers host their first "homecoming" concert
    May 27, 1989
    Gene Autry serves as grand marshal for the 33rd Indianapolis 500 Festival Memorial Parade, witnessed by 300,000 spectators
    Jan 11, 1990
    A stretch of road in Red Bay, Alabama, is renamed the Tammy Wynette Highway
    Sep 25, 1990
    Macon, Georgia, officially tags a previously unnamed downtown connector as Little Richard Penniman Boulevard, some four years before the flamboyant singer becomes a Country Music Association award nominee
    Jan 22, 1991
    Nashville's Centennial Medical Center names its cancer facility the Sarah Cannon Center, in honor of Minnie Pearl
    May 8, 1991
    A four-block section of South Street in Nashville is renamed Chet Atkins Place. On hand for the dedication are Minnie Pearl, Eddy Arnold, Ray Stevens, Owen Bradley and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler



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