News
- 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.
Read More - Nov 7, 2011Tammy's hometown of Tremont, MS will play host to a benefit concert featuring George Jones and other artists to help raise money for the construction of a memorial in honor of Tammy! The Tammy Wynette Birthplace Concert will be held on Dec. 3 at the Itawamba Community College Davis Event Center Itawamba, Mississippi! Read more about the event and memorial construction at itawamba360.com.Read More
- Sep 7, 2011It was her dream home when Tammy Wynette and her husband and musical partner George Jones moved into this Lakeland, Fla., home a few months after their 1969 marriage. Wynette was at the height of her reign as the queen of country music when she told the Tampa Tribune in a 1971 interview, “This is home for us. … It’s the only place we want to be.” View more photos of the estate at Time.com.Read More
