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- May 5, 2012
70 years ago today, Virginia Wynette Pugh was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
In celebration of her life and career a special recording will be released later this month.
Happy Birthday Tammy
Read More - Mar 22, 2012
Billy Sherrill, longtime Tammy Wynette producer, has been chosen to receive the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award honoring individuals who are pioneers in the country music genre.
Read More - Jan 18, 2012
Stand by your most famous Tremont native! That's exactly what members of this rural Itawamba County town plan to do.
Tammy Wynett's hometown is where plans are in the works to make her the star of their show.
Earl Montgomery, a local music enthusiast, is among those who are in Tremont to celebrate a new park to be named in Tammy Wynette's honor. Montgomery met her when she launched her career in Nashville.
Read More - Dec 5, 2011
One Country Music Hall of Famer paid tribute to another Saturday night as George Jones played a fundraiser in memory of his former wife and duet partner, the late Tammy Wynette.
Wynette was born near the small town of Tremont, Miss., where she began her transformation from local hairdresser to Nashville’s “First Lady of Country Music.” Her home county is planning a memorial park in Tremont as part of the Mississippi Country Music Trail, which recently added a historical marker telling Wynette’s story.
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