OBITUARY printed in The Decatur Daily on April 11, 2006:
Funeral for Gordon Terry, 74, of Pulaski, Tenn., will be Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with Larry Thomas, Paul Mason and Zachary Terry officiating and Parkway Funeral Home directing.
Burial will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Terry, who died Sunday, April 9, 2006, at his daughter's residence,
was born Oct. 7, 1931, in Moulton to Floyd and Stella Terry.
He was a country music entertainer, having performed at the Grand Ole Opry and appeared in commercials and film.
At the age of 14, he won the Alabama Fiddling Championship.
Mr. Terry was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and was also a charter member of the Fiddler's Hall of Fame.
He was founder and CEO of ROPE, Reunion of Professional Entertaining.
Survivors include his
wife, Virginia Terry;
two daughters, Rhonda Thorson of Nashville, Tenn., and Mitzi Winter of Spring Hill, Tenn.;
three brothers, Buddy Terry, Calvin Terry and Carl Terry;
five sisters, Betty Jean Morgan, Marcie Sandlin, Merle Garrison, Melba Cabler and Jimmie Lemmond; and
three grandchildren, Dustin Smith, Lauren Smith and Lars Thorson.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
Memorials may be made to Caris Healthcare, 701 West 7th St., Columbia, TN 38401
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OBITUARY printed in The Decatur Daily on April 11, 2006:
Funeral for Gordon Terry, 74, of Pulaski, Tenn., will be Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with Larry Thomas, Paul Mason and Zachary Terry officiating and Parkway Funeral Home directing.
Burial will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Terry, who died Sunday, April 9, 2006, at his daughter's residence,
was born Oct. 7, 1931, in Moulton to Floyd and Stella Terry.
He was a country music entertainer, having performed at the Grand Ole Opry and appeared in commercials and film.
At the age of 14, he won the Alabama Fiddling Championship.
Mr. Terry was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and was also a charter member of the Fiddler's Hall of Fame.
He was founder and CEO of ROPE, Reunion of Professional Entertaining.
Survivors include his
wife, Virginia Terry;
two daughters, Rhonda Thorson of Nashville, Tenn., and Mitzi Winter of Spring Hill, Tenn.;
three brothers, Buddy Terry, Calvin Terry and Carl Terry;
five sisters, Betty Jean Morgan, Marcie Sandlin, Merle Garrison, Melba Cabler and Jimmie Lemmond; and
three grandchildren, Dustin Smith, Lauren Smith and Lars Thorson.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
Memorials may be made to Caris Healthcare, 701 West 7th St., Columbia, TN 38401
https://www.decaturdaily.com/obituaries/gordon-terry/article_7cc1ca69-17ef-5b7a-a18c-41898218da02.html
Bio by: Elizabeth Reed
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