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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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