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Billy Joe “Song Bird” Deaton

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Billy Joe “Song Bird” Deaton

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31 Oct 2009 (aged 74)
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Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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S, 14, 33
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Billy Joe was the seventh child of Lonzo Refus Deaton and Martha Kennedy Deaton.He and wife Barbara had one son David and Barbara Deaton Von-Haberstroh.Billy was a great musician and after a stint in the U.S.A.F. he went to Nashville and was very successful as a Business Manager/Booking Agent for several Country and Western Artists; one in particular was native Mississippian, Charlie Pride.Another was Faron Young.He was known throughout the United States and was the most awarded and honored Agent in the Industry He suffered a long illness with crippling arthritis.Visitation was from Four o'clock until seven o'clock Thursday Nov.5,2009 in the drawing room of Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home 660 Thompson Lane,Nashville TN.Services were held at 11:30 Friday Nov. 6,2009 in Woodlawn's Dignity Hall with his fellow agent and fiend Tandy Rice officiating.
Billy Joe was the seventh child of Lonzo Refus Deaton and Martha Kennedy Deaton.He and wife Barbara had one son David and Barbara Deaton Von-Haberstroh.Billy was a great musician and after a stint in the U.S.A.F. he went to Nashville and was very successful as a Business Manager/Booking Agent for several Country and Western Artists; one in particular was native Mississippian, Charlie Pride.Another was Faron Young.He was known throughout the United States and was the most awarded and honored Agent in the Industry He suffered a long illness with crippling arthritis.Visitation was from Four o'clock until seven o'clock Thursday Nov.5,2009 in the drawing room of Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home 660 Thompson Lane,Nashville TN.Services were held at 11:30 Friday Nov. 6,2009 in Woodlawn's Dignity Hall with his fellow agent and fiend Tandy Rice officiating.

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