Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

Established in 1960, Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens located at 1150 Dickerson Pike in Goodlettsville, Tennessee is only a few miles north of Nashville, the Country Music capital of the world. In this cemetery is a designated area known as "Music Row" where a number of entertainers from the world of country music are interred including three musicians who died in the 1963 plane crash with Patsy Cline as well as singer Jack Anglin who died in a car accident on his way to her funeral.

*David "Stringbean" Akeman (1915-1973), comedian, banjo musician
*Jack Anglin (1916-1963), musician
*Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas (1913-1963), musician
*Jimmie Crawford (1935-2005), musician
*Lefty Frizzell (1928-1975), singer/songwriter
*Hawkshaw Hawkins (1923-1963), musician
*Randy Hughes (1928-1963), guitarist
*Benny Martin (1928-2001), Bluegrass fiddler
*Paul Warren (1918-1978), Bluegrass fiddler

See also:
*List of famous cemeteries
*List of United States cemeteries


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