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  1. Dec 14, 1992 · After the children die, Acuff's five grandchildren will get the income from the trust and will receive their share of the principal after they reach 35. The will makes an exception for one grandson, Roy Neill Acuff Jr., 29, who was convicted in U.S. District Court in 1990 of conspiring to distribute cocaine.

  2. May 30, 2014 · With Robyn Young, George Hamilton V, Seidina Reed, Melissa Luman Phillips, Jett Williams, Hawkshaw Hawkins Jr. and special appearances by George Hamilton IV and Jean Shepard. When: 7 p.m. Monday ...

  3. Nov 23, 1992 · Roy Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee to Ida (née Carr) and Simon E. Neill Acuff, the third of five children. The Acuffs were a fairly prominent Union County family. Roy's paternal grandfather, Coram Acuff, had been a Tennessee state senator, and Roy's maternal grandfather was a local physician. Roy's father was an accomplished fiddler and a Baptist preacher, his mother was proficient ...

  4. Roy Acuff, Jr. b. Roy Neill Acuff, 25 July 1943, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The son of Roy Acuff, at times during his childhood, Roy Jnr. saw little of his father owing to his touring commitments. Initially showing….

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Roy_AcuffRoy Acuff - Wikipedia

    Okeh. Columbia. Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.

  6. Sep 15, 2003 · Roy Claxton Acuff was born Sept. 15, 1903, in the small rural community of Maynardsville, Tenn., which lies a few miles northeast of Knoxville, Tenn., in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains.

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  8. Fred Rose (left) and Roy Acuff, founders of Acuff-Rose Music Publishing, 1942. Roy Acuff gesturing toward an announcement for a Saturday Evening Post article titled “Hillbilly Boom,” 1944. Seated at center is Uncle Dave Macon. Roy Acuff, flanked by Ira Louvin (left) and Charlie Louvin, probably backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, probably late ...