<Archive Obituary> Ira Louvin (June 20th 1965)

[Bill Schenley]

Singer, Wife and 4 Others Killed in Missouri Crash

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FROM: The New York Times (June 21st 1965) ~
By The Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Mo., June 20

Ira Lonnie Louvin, a country-music singer; his
wife and four other persons were killed early
today in a head-on collision of two cars in north
central Missouri.

Mr. Louvin sang with his brother Charley as the
Louvin Brothers in the Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville from 1955 through 1963.

The 41-year-old singer from Hennegar, Ala.,
died at the scene one mile east of Williamsburg.
His wife, Anne Florence Louvin, 38, who sang
professionally as Anne Young, died on the way
to a hospital.

The other dead were Billy Barksdale of Fort
Payne, Ala.; Tommy Franklin, 53, of St. Louis,
and Adele T. Barksdale, 29.
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(The Louvin Brothers)

The Louvin Brothers in art:
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The Louvin Brothers on YouTube

[Janice Busgal Brooks]

Post by Bill Schenley
Singer, Wife and 4 Others Killed in Missouri Crash
Photo:http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2005/110/7014069_111410659006.jpg
FROM: The New York Times (June 21st 1965) ~
By The Associated Press
WILLIAMSBURG, Mo., June 20
Ira Lonnie Louvin, a country-music singer; his
wife and four other persons were killed early
today in a head-on collision of two cars in north
central Missouri.
Mr. Louvin sang with his brother Charley as the
Louvin Brothers in the Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville from 1955 through 1963.
The 41-year-old singer from Hennegar, Ala.,
died at the scene one mile east of Williamsburg.
His wife, Anne Florence Louvin, 38, who sang
professionally as Anne Young, died on the way
to a hospital.
The other dead were Billy Barksdale of Fort
Payne, Ala.; Tommy Franklin, 53, of St. Louis,
and Adele T. Barksdale, 29.
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Photo:http://cdn.channel.aol.com/amgmusic/artists/pic200/drp000/p078/p07816...
(The Louvin Brothers)
The Louvin Brothers in art:http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/photos/louvins.gif
The Louvin Brothers on http://youtu.be/d01bKD2lJYk

Playing some Louvins today. Also noting 100 years since the birth of
Jimmy Driftwood.