COUNTRY
MUSIC DEVASTATED
MUSIC DEVASTATED
BY
ANOTHER LOSS
ANOTHER LOSS
THE
QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC, MISS KITTY WELLS HAS
PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 92
QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC, MISS KITTY WELLS HAS
PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 92
‘Queen of Country Music’ Kitty Wells dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. –
Kitty
Wells, legendary “Queen of Country Music”, passed away today, at the
age of 92.
Wells, legendary “Queen of Country Music”, passed away today, at the
age of 92.
Born
Ellen Muriel Deason Wright, Wells passed away peacefully with family by her
side at her home Monday morning following complications from a stroke.
Ellen Muriel Deason Wright, Wells passed away peacefully with family by her
side at her home Monday morning following complications from a stroke.
Kitty
Wells started her career with her late husband Johnnie Wright in 1937.
Wells started her career with her late husband Johnnie Wright in 1937.
In
1952 she was the first female singer to reach No. 1 in the country charts with
her song, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.”
1952 she was the first female singer to reach No. 1 in the country charts with
her song, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.”
Funeral
services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Hendersonville Church of Christ.
Burial will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery.
services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Hendersonville Church of Christ.
Burial will follow in Spring Hill Cemetery.
In
lieu of flowers, donations should be made to Goodpasture Christian School, C/O
Kitty Well/Johnnie Wright Scholarship Fund.
lieu of flowers, donations should be made to Goodpasture Christian School, C/O
Kitty Well/Johnnie Wright Scholarship Fund.
PLEASE KEEP IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS THE FAMILY OF MISS
KITTY WELLS IN THEIR DEEP SORROW OF LOSING THEIR MOTHER.
KITTY WELLS IN THEIR DEEP SORROW OF LOSING THEIR MOTHER.
MAY MISS KITTY’S SOUL REST IN THE LOVING ARMS OF HER
BLESSED SAVIOR, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT KITTY AND JOHNNY ARE ONCE AGAIN TOGETHER.