Sara Carter Bayes - Country Singer - Hiltons, VA
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vhasler
N 36° 40.609 W 082° 23.185
17S E 376118 N 4059917
Sara was part of The Carter Family, which was one of the founding acts for Country Music.
Waymark Code: WM7GN7
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2009
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Sara Carter was one of the first country music singers, known for her deep and distinctive voice. She was the lead singer on most of The Carter Family recordings during the 1920s and 1930s. Their signature recordings include "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", "Wildwood Flower", and "Keep On the Sunny Side" which continue as country music standards. Sara's headstone features a 45 record inscribed with the last song title.
In 1993, a 29-cent U.S. postage stamp was issued honoring the Carter Family with images of A.P., Sara, and Maybelle. (Part of a set of four with Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, and Bob Wills.)
In 2001, the group was inducted posthumously into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.
In 2005, the Carters received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
The cemetery is at Mt. Vernon UMC is a which is a white clapboard church invoking country memories.
Is Gravestone Showing Occupation or Hobby?: Occupation
What is depicted occupation or hobby?: Country Music Singer
Date of birth: 07/21/1898
Date of death: 01/08/1979
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