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On March 5, 1963, American country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed in an airplane crash near Camden, Tennessee, United States, along with pilot Randy Hughes. The accident occurred as the three artists were returning home to Nashville, Tennessee, after performing in Kansas City, Kansas.
Lashlee was born June 30, 1937, in Camden, Tennessee, to John W. and Mildred Jolly Lashlee, [1] members of one of Tennessee's most politically prominent families. Both of his parents had been Tennessee State Senators, and his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great uncle had served in the Tennessee House of Representatives and held various Benton County elective offices.
Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline and Hawkshaw Hawkins. [1]
Camden is a city in and the county seat [7] of Benton County, Tennessee. The population was 3,674 at the 2020 census. The population was 3,674 at the 2020 census. [ 8 ]
Its county seat is Camden. [3] The county was created in December 1835 and organized in 1836. [4] [5] Benton County is located in northwest Tennessee, bordering the western branch of the Tennessee River and 30 miles south of the Kentucky border. Aside from Camden, other major communities include agrarian communities Big Sandy and Holladay.
[12] The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed Davidson's conviction and death sentences in 2016. [95] On December 8, 2009, George Thomas was found guilty on multiple counts. [15] [96] The jury returned a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole on each of the four capital convictions. [16]
Fred Thomas Burks (May 22, 1940 – October 19, 1998) was a farmer and Democratic Party politician in Tennessee, United States. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1970 until 1978 and in the Tennessee State Senate from 1978 until his assassination in 1998. [1]
Ed and his son George Hartley were lynched in Camden, Benton County, Tennessee by a mob on October 20, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary they were the 54th and 55th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [1]