Today’s Country Legend was born January 12, on a farm near the small former community of Peach, near Perryville, Wood County, Texas.

This country legend’s mother and step-father were successful fashion designers and wanted him to take up that line of work but it had little appeal to him.

This Country Legend was drafted in 1944 and served in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater.

This country legend roomed for a brief time with Hank Williams.

This Country Legend succumbed to Pancreatic Cancer in December of 2013, when diagnosed by his doctor the doc told every man will end up