Tammy Wynette - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Tammy Wynette was born in Mississippi and grew to become on of Country Music’s all time greats. Tammy arrived in Nashville in the early 1960’s and became a star of the Grand Ole Opry. In 1968 she married George Jones, another legend of Country Music and the two became one of the hottest acts in Country Music History. Many of Tammy's hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce and the difficulties of relationships, especially her signature song "Stand by Your Man," which she co-wrote with her producer Billy Sherrill. From 1968-1970 Tammy was name the Country Music Associations Female Vocalist of the Year and she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998.

Tammy Wynette died in Nashville, Tennessee on April 6, 1998 at the age of 55. She is resting on the third floor of the mausoleum at Nashville’s Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Description: Tammy was born Virginia Wynette Pugh on May 5, 1942, on her grandfather's cotton farm in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Tammy picked cotton as a child, and as a young woman worked as a waitress, a doctor's receptionist, a barmaid and a shoe factory worker. Shortly before graduating high school, Tammy married high school sweetheart Euple Byrd, a construction worker who was unemployed more often than not. They were finally forced to live in an abandoned, 60-year-old, 3-room log cabin on a Mississippi farm with no indoor plumbing, no stove and only a wood-burning fireplace for cooking and heat. "Not even the poorest sharecropper would have paid to live there," Tammy noted, but it was rent-free. They had 3 daughters, Gwendolyn ("Gwen"), Jacquelyn ("Jackie"), and Tina. The marriage ended in divorce. Tammy still dreamed of becoming a singer. Then, after a short marriage to singer Don Chapel, which ended in annulment, Tammy headed to Nashville to pursue a career as a singer in earnest. As a teenager, her fantasy had been to appear on stage with her singing idol, George Jones. In 1968, she married George Jones, creating a union that captured the imaginations of country music fans everywhere. For the next 7 years they lived, sang, wrote, recorded and performed in a romantic, stormy, much-publicized relationship. They had one daughter, Many of Tammy's hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce and the difficulties of relationships, especially her signature song "Stand by Your Man," which she co-wrote with her producer Billy Sherrill. Tammy Wynette was named Country Music Association "Female Vocalist of the Year" for 3 years straight, 1968-1970 an she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998. Tammy and George divorced and she married George Richey in 1978. The couple were married for over 20-years. Tammy passed away in her sleep on Monday, April 6, 1998, in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 55. Tammy Wynette is entombed on the third floor of the Mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Source/Credit: The Country Music Hall of Fame Date of birth: 05/05/1942 Date of death: 04/06/1998 Area of notoriety: Entertainment Marker Type: Tomb (above ground) Setting: Indoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daily - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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