Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens is a cemetery noted for the number of musicians' graves located within it. It was established in 1960, and is located at 1150 Dickerson Pike in
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
Goodlettsville is a city in Davidson and Sumner counties, Tennessee. Goodlettsville was incorporated as a city in 1958 with a population of just over 3,000 residents; at the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 15,921 and in 2020 the ...
, just north of
Nashville.
One area of the cemetery is designated as "Music Row" for the number of
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
entertainers that are interred there, including three musicians who died in the 1963 plane crash with
Patsy Cline
Patsy is a given name often used as a diminutive of the feminine given name Patricia or sometimes the masculine name Patrick, or occasionally other names containing the syllable "Pat" (such as Cleopatra, Patience, Patrice, or Patricia). Among I ...
as well as singer
Jack Anglin who died in a car accident on his way to her funeral.
Notable interments
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David "Stringbean" Akeman
David Akeman (June 17, 1915 – November 10, 1973) better known as Stringbean (or String Bean), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, comedian, and semiprofessional baseball player best known for his role as a main cast member on the hi ...
(1915–1973), comedian,
Old-Time banjo player
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Jack Anglin (1916–1963), musician
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Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas (1913–1963), musician
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Lefty Frizzell
William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. Frizzell released many songs that charted ...
(1928–1975), singer/songwriter
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Hawkshaw Hawkins
Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honk ...
(1923–1963), musician
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Don Helms
Donald "Don" Hugh Helms (February 28, 1927 – August 11, 2008) was a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys group. He was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1984).
Biography
Helms was ...
(1927–2008), steel guitarist
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Autry Inman
Robert Autry Inman (January 6, 1929 – September 6, 1988) was an American country and rockabilly musician.
Biography
Inman was born in Florence, Alabama, and was performing on local radio station WLAY by age 14. He used his middle name "Autr ...
(1929–1988), rockabilly musician
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Brother Oswald Kirby (1911–2002), musician
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Benny Martin (1928–2001), Bluegrass fiddler
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Roy Wiggins (1926–1999), steel guitarist
See also
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List of United States cemeteries
This is a list of cemeteries in the United States. The list includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemetery, pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included. ...
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Cemeteries in Tennessee
American country music
1960 establishments in Tennessee