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  • Jan 15, 1932
    Jim Burdette is born in Tennessee. As an adult, he marries June Stearns, who plays guitar with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys for five years during the 1960s
    Apr 5, 1939
    Guitarist June Stearns is born in Albany, Ketucky. At age 21, she becomes a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, although she quits the business after a near-fatal wreck in 1965
    Sep 30, 1960
    Guitarist June Stearns debuts as a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Jul 10, 1965
    Wreck on the highway: Roy Acuff, guitarist June Stearns and steel player Shot Jackson are injured in a near-fatal car crash in east Tennessee. Acuff has a pair of pelvic fractures and a broken collarbone. Stearns never returns to the band
    Sep 15, 2007
    Jim Burdette, the husband of June Stearns, dies in Tennessee. Stearns was a guitarist for Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys before retiring from the music business in the wake of a 1965 car accident

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