Dates of Note in Country Music, July 1-15

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July 1:

Keith Whitley born in Sandy Hook, KY, 1955 (died 1989)

July 2:

Marvin Rainwater born in Wichita, Kansas, 1925 (now 83)
Ken Curtis (one-time member of Sons of the Pioneers as well as Gunsmoke actor) born in Lamar, Colorado, 1916 (died 1991)

July 3:

Johnny Lee born in Texas City, Texas, 1946 (now 62)
Aaron Tippin born in Pensacola, Florida, 1958 (now 50)
Johnny Russell died (complications of diabetes), 2001 (was 61)

July 4:

Ray Pillow born in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1937 (now 71)
Charlie Monroe born in Rosine, Kentucky, 1903 (died 1975)
Marion Worth born in Birmingham, Alabama, 1930 (died 1999)
Big Al Downing died (leukemia), 2005 (was 65)

July 6:

Jeannie Seely born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1940 (now 68)
Roy Rogers died (heart failure), 1998 (was 86)

July 7:

Charlie Louvin born in Rainsville, Alabama, 1927 (now 81)
Lonzo Sullivan born in Edmonton, Kentucky, 1917 (died 1967)
Doyle Wilburn born in Hardy, Arkansas, 1930 (died 1982)
George Morgan died (heart attack), 1975 (was 50)

July 8:

Toby Keith born in Clinton, Oklahoma, 1961 (now 47)
Louis Jordan (a jazz artist who had two country #1 hits in 1944) born in Brinkley, Arkansas, 1908 (died 1975)

July 9:

Jesse McReynolds born in Coeburn, Virginia, 1929 (now 78)
David Ball born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1953 (now 55)
Eddie Dean born in Posey, Texas, 1907 (died 1999)
Molly O'Day born in Pike County, Kentucky, 1923 (died 1987)

July 10:

"Hawk" Shaw Wilson of BR5-49 born in Topeka, Kansas, 1960 (now 48)

July 12:

Jimmie Driftwood died (heart attack), 1998 (was 91)

July 13:

Rhonda Vincent born in Kirksville, Missouri, 1962 (now 46)
Bradley Kincaid born in Level, Kentucky, 1895 (died 1989)
Tim Spencer born in Webb City, Missouri, 1908 (died 1974)
Riley Puckett died (blood poisoning), 1946 (was 62)

July 14:

Woody Guthrie born in Okemah, Oklahoma, 1912 (died 1967)
Del Reeves born in Sparta, North Carolina, 1933 (died 2007)

July 15:

Johnny Sea born in Gulfport, Mississippi, 1940 (now 68)
Cowboy Copas born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1913 (died 1963)