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    • Jul 28, 1862
    Fannie Frost is born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Her son, Francis Craig, writes the 1947 pop hit "Near You," which becomes a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
    Apr 16, 1877
    Neill Acuff is born in Maynardville, Tennessee. At age 26, he fathers Roy Acuff
    Dec 18, 1896
    Rebecca Stoneman dies while giving birth to her third son, Talmer. Her oldest son, Ernest, becomes one of country music's first recording successes and forms the award-winning Stoneman Family
    Oct 31, 1921
    Malissa Monroe dies at the family home near Rosine, Kentucky. No one bothers to tell 10-year-old Bill Monroe his mother is dead until after she's already been buried
    May 1, 1924
    Jim Reeves' dad, Tom Reeves, dies, nine months after the future country singer's birth
    Jan 14, 1928
    J.B. Monroe, the father of bluegrass legend Bill Monroe, dies of pneumonia on the family farm near Rosine, Kentucky
    May 15, 1929
    Eddy Arnold's father, Will, dies, the same day Eddy celebrates his 11th birthday
    Nov 27, 1934
    James Everett Ritter, the father of Tex Ritter, dies in Nederland, Texas
    Mar 12, 1935
    Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ritter, the mother of Tex Ritter, dies in Panola County, Texas
    Feb 27, 1938
    Flora Hayes dies of pneumonia in Oregon. She was the biological mother of The Sons Of The Pioneers' Bob Nolan



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