Roy Dewayne Orbison

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Roy Dewayne Orbison

Birth
Winkler County, Texas, USA
Death
14 Sep 1968 (aged 10)
Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1150589, Longitude: -86.7577667
Plot
Sermon on the Mount-332-4
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Son of Singer Roy Orbison. Roy Dewayne Orbison and his younger brother Anthony King Orbison died in a family house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Roy Orbison endured a great deal of tragedy in his relatively short life. His first wife, Claudette Frady, died in a motorcycle accident on June 6, 1966 in Gallatin, Tennessee. On September 14, 1968, the Orbison family home at Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee, burned to the ground while Orbison was touring in England. Two of his three sons, Roy Jr. (b. 1958) and Anthony (b. 1962), died in the fire. His youngest son Wesley, who was three at the time, was saved by Orbison's parents.
Son of Singer Roy Orbison. Roy Dewayne Orbison and his younger brother Anthony King Orbison died in a family house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Roy Orbison endured a great deal of tragedy in his relatively short life. His first wife, Claudette Frady, died in a motorcycle accident on June 6, 1966 in Gallatin, Tennessee. On September 14, 1968, the Orbison family home at Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee, burned to the ground while Orbison was touring in England. Two of his three sons, Roy Jr. (b. 1958) and Anthony (b. 1962), died in the fire. His youngest son Wesley, who was three at the time, was saved by Orbison's parents.