He is survived by his second wife, Beverly; two sons from his first marriage, Jeffrey and Brian, and a stepdaughter, Stevie. He also had his own daily show and continued recording. [6], He released almost 50 country singles through the early 1950s, several of which made the Billboard charts. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? [3] He was also a bombing instructor at George Air Force Base, in Victorville, California. In the late 1970s, as a CAF colonel, Ford recorded the organization's theme song "Ballad of the Ghost Squadron". This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. In recent years he had lived in Portola Valley, Calif. His first wife, the former Betty Hemminger, whom he married in 1942, died in 1989. In 1980 Ford lived in the Smoke Tree neighborhood of Palm Springs, California. In 1947 he also made the acquaintance of Cliffie Stone, a musician, announcer, and producer who was rapidly becoming one of the most influential figures in country music on the West Coast. He also made records with many other singers, including Kay Starr, Helen O'Connell, Betty Hutton and Ella Mae Morse. Men, Steps, Egotism. But he was primarily known as a singer and recording artist, and his recording of "Sixteen Tons" has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide since its release just before Christmas in 1955. Ford had two Top Ten country hits in 1955 with "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" and his biggest success, "Sixteen Tons," which spent ten weeks at number one on the country charts and eight weeks at number one on the pop charts. 1600 My Christmas Favorites Ford, Tennessee Ernie (See all 72 albums) Songs . Mr. Ford sang it in a strong, mournful baritone-bass that lent credibility to such memorable lines as: St. Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go. Ford's experiences as a navigator and bombardier in World War II led to his involvement with the Confederate Air Force (now the Commemorative Air Force), a war plane preservation group in Texas. Learn more about merges. They swam in the swimming pool out behind First Presbyterian Church, Bibee said. A hospital spokeswoman, Claudia Smith, attributed his death to a longstanding liver ailment. 0. Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Helen V. Doney of Beltsville; three children, Richard T. Doney of Columbia, Clair Cahill of Downingtown, Pa., and Linda Meister of Littleton, Colo.; a brother, David Doney of Chinook; a sister, Joyce Johnson of St. Paul, Minn.; and three grandchildren. Mr. Doney was born in Chinook, Mont. His comical Tennessee Ernie character "bless your pea-pickin' little heart" caught the ear of disc jockey-TV host Cliffie Stone, who made him a regular cast member of Los Angeles's Hometown Jamboree country music television and radio shows. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Call Us Springfield:(615) 384-1000 Pleasant View:(615) 746-4433 White House:(615) 672-5000 Green Brier:(615) 643-4000 About Us Locations Contact Us Call Us Ford subsequently hosted his own prime-time variety program, The Ford Show, which ran on NBC television from October 4, 1956, to June 29, 1961. Sites: ernieford.com, Wikipedia In Groups: RadiOzark produced 260 15-minute episodes of The Tennessee Ernie Show on transcription disks for national radio syndication. Even more astonishingmore than40 millionof that number represents the body of work he became best known forgospel, hymns and spirituals. Leave your condolences and send flowers to the family to show you care. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. You can always change this later in your Account settings. My brother was my sense of humor.. He was assigned to host an early morning country music disc jockey program, Bar Nothin' Ranch Time. Birth. Tennessee Ernie Ford. [19] His second wife, Beverly Wood Ford (19212001), died 10 years after Ernie; her body was interred with his. Ford scored an unexpected hit on the pop chart in 1955 with his rendering of "Sixteen Tons", a sparsely arranged coal-miner's lament. In retirement, Mr. Doney built and flew model airplanes, and he organized and played in billiard tournaments. Ramona Chapman. He attended John Carroll University in Cleveland and graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Friends, musicians and Air Force buddies of Tennessee Ernie Ford packed a church Monday to pay final tribute to the performer. He moved to this area in the mid-1950s after having worked for Chrysler in Minnesota and North Dakota. Resend Activation Email. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. A system error has occurred. Composer, singer and author, educated at the Cincinnati Conservatory. 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Tennessee Ernie Ford Song list Just As I Am, Without One Plea (1835) Sixteen Tons (1955) More Songfacts: Station to Station David Bowie David Bowie's "Station to Station" is over 10 minutes long. Catapulted to international fameon the strength of a string of top-ten singles, includingMule Train, and his unforgettable duet with Kay Starr,I'll Never Be Free, Ernie quickly caught the attention of both Madison Avenue and television's earliest movers and shakers, including Lucille Ball. He continued performing into his 70s dying a few days after a visit to the White House in 1991. "It's happy music and people enjoy it . Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Home and birthplace to Bristol native Tennessee Ernie Ford. Tennessee Ernie Ford s lifetime: Thursday, February 13th, 1919 to Thursday, October 17th, 1991, was 26,544 days, equaling 3,792 weeks exactly. Another day older and deeper in debt. American Country Musician Tennessee Ernie Ford was born Ernest Jennings Ford on 13th February, 1919 in Bristol, Tennessee, USA and passed away on 17th Oct 1991 Reston, Virginia, USA aged 72. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. This led to nightclub, radio and television appearances, and in 1953 Mr. Ford starred on an NBC television summer show, "The College of Musical Knowledge." Jesus welcomed Ramona Chapman into his arms Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. To differentiate himself, he created the personality of "Tennessee Ernie," a wild, madcap exaggerated hillbilly. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? 01 Stand By Me When God Dips His Love In My Heart He Knows What I Need Others What A Friend We Have In Jesus . Tennessee Ernie Ford, a radio DJ turned country singer turned TV star, ended all his shows with a hymn. Oh Lord, yes, Bibee said. In 1974, his was the first popular-music group to tour the Soviet Union under a United States-Soviet cultural exchange program. Brion Leonard Ford Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information Read the obituary of Brion Leonard Ford (1952 - 2008). Richard Allen Moore, 59, a retired supervisory chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration who was a chemist with the Prince George's County police department, died of cancer Oct. 13 at George Washington University Hospital. A year after that -- a period in which he issued two more religious-oriented albums, one a Christmas recording and the other a gospel collection cut with the Jordanaires -- he released Country Hits - Feelin' Blue, a back-to-basics recording on which Ford, backed solely by Billy Strange on guitar and John Mosher on bass, ran through a dozen country music standards; the latter is regarded by many fans as the best country LP of Ford's career. Tennessee Ernie Ford. He was born on February 13th, 1919. In 1955 he began a daytime show on NBC five times a week. There is a problem with your email/password. He became a local TV star as the star of Stone's popular Southern California Hometown Jamboree show. Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA. His marriage to Mildred A. Schoepe ended in divorce. ", Ford, a B-29 bomber navigator in World War II, enchanted a generation of TV viewers with songs such as "Sixteen Tons" and the "Ballad of Davy Crockett. . Merle Travis had first recorded it in 1946. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Tennessee Ernie Ford. That little one, he was the one you had to watch. Beardstown Illinoian Star (Newspaper) - April 17, 1956, Beardstown, Illinois A the daily ill Inolan Star. . Survivors include her husband, retired Army Gen. James K. Woolnough of Arlington; two children from her first marriage, Daniel J. Perry of Arlington and Pamela L. Anderson of Sacramento, Calif.; and five grandchildren. After the war, Ford worked at radio stations in San Bernardino and Pasadena, California. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. The mouse narrator seen at the beginning of the special, William the Churchmouse, was a caricature of Ford, in keeping with a Rankin/Bass tradition. Ford fell ill in after leaving a state dinner at the White House hosted by President George H. W. Bush, and died of advanced liver disease in Reston, Virginia on October 17, 1991, exactly thirty-six years after "Sixteen Tons" was released and one day shy of the first anniversary of his induction into the Hall of Fame. The public was never confused, however, and knew exactly who he was. ", His rich bass-baritone, personable drawl, ingratiating smile and unhurried manner made him a popular network television star in the 1950's and 60's. He was one of those guys that even if you didnt see him for several years, when he came back around, we picked it right back up, White said. Ford eventually ended his KXLA morning show and in the early 1950s, moved on from Hometown Jamboree. Harlingen '86. What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? They had two . Verify and try again. The Ford Theatre, an anthology series also sponsored by the company, had run in the same time slot on NBC in the preceding 19551956 season. He was immensely popular as the 1960s commenced and remained a popular fixture on television for most of that decade, and his recordings were as ambitious as they were successful. Ford would have turned 94 years old today. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Ernie Tennessee Ernie Ford I found on Findagrave.com. Father of Private and Brian Leonard Ford Mrs. Woolnough was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Arlington. Today,forty seven yearsafter his now-legendary 1954 national debut onI Love Lucy,Cousin Ernieremains one of classic television's most enduring characters. CD: $113.59. He was a Bristol, Tennessee, native . Funeral services for him will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. CST at Austin & Bell Funeral Home, 533 Hwy. Tennessee Ernie Ford. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Mr. Ford also was host of a popular prime-time variety show on NBC television, "The Ford Show," which ran from 1956 to 1961 and featured the likes of Ronald Reagan, John Wayne and Gary Cooper as guests. Why Baby Why 5. Tennessee Ernie Fords lifetime: Thursday, February 13th, 1919 to Thursday, October 17th, 1991, was 26,544 days, equaling 3,792 weeks exactly. Oops, something didn't work. Mr. Ford took the song that Merle Travis had written and recorded in 1947 and sang it over what he called "a semi-rock-and-roll background." His other hits included "Mule Train," "Tennessee Waltz" and "The Shotgun Boogie" and such hymns as "Amazing Grace," "The Old Rugged Cross," "Rock of Ages" and "Faith of Our Fathers." Burial. Learn more about managing a memorial . Mr. Ford himself canceled the show in 1961, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. She later became a legal secretary, and she worked for the Washington law firm of Cushman Darby & Cushman in the late 1960s, when she moved to San Diego. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3806/ernie-ford. RAMONA CHAPMAN OBITUARY. Sorry! 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The 1955 success of Sixteen Tons brought him to prime-time TV as host of the Ford Show (1956-1961) and the . His last appearance in the charts was 1965. The last of those was added to the . He graduated from George Mason University. Search above to list available cemeteries. These performances only helped him maintain and broaden crossover appeal, and at the same time he was a downright ubiquitous figure on country music variety shows of the period, including the Old American Barn Dance. Year should not be greater than current year. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. 1955. ". He was 72 years old and lived in Portola Valley, near Palo Alto, Calif. Mr. Ford became ill at Dulles International Airport on Sept. 28 and was taken to Reston Hospital. Within nine weeks of its release, two million recordings of "Sixteen Tons," had been sold, and it topped the popularity charts throughout the spring of 1956. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love). He also owned a cattle ranch in California. The mustached, six-foot-tall host was informal and friendly, and ended each show with a hymn. Five singles had been released by late 1949, including "Tennessee Border" and "Smokey Mountain Boogie" (both Top Ten) and his first number one single, "Mule Train." "Tennessee Ernie Ford"Beloved Husband of Beverly, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. In San Bernardino, Ford was hired as a radio announcer. Running, Gun, Dancing. One year later, on Thursday night,October 4th, 1956, the result of that search aired coast-to-coast with the network's broadcast premiere ofThe Ford Show StarringTennesseeErnie Ford. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Singer. He started singing as a boy and, after graduating from high school, became a voice student at Virginia Intermount College. [5][15] After the NBC show ended, Ford moved his family to Portola Valley in northern California. In 1956 Mr. Ford was hired by NBC-TV to be the host of "The Ford Show" on Thursday nights. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. I owe my soul to the company store[11][12]. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. A First Lieutenant, he served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II as the bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress, but the War ended before he was to be sent to Japan. [2] In 1961, he recorded two albums of American Civil War songs, one for songs of the Union and another for songs of the Confederacy. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Brion must have been about 8 or 9. Ford sold more than 24 million gospel music albums. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Ernie Ford (3806)? It would earn him the distinction of almost single-handedly bringing inspirational music into the mainstream of American entertainmentan enduring legacy of the lasting impact that one man's expression of faith can have on millions of people. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. He became popular in the area and was soon hired away by Pasadena's KXLA radio. On October 17, 1991-36 years to the day after the release ofSixteen Tons- the world lost this legendary star. (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight? After attending Virginia Intermount College, he got his first professional job with WOPI, the local radio station in Bristol, where he worked for $10 a week as a disk jockey to finance studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Ernest Jennings Ford was born on Feb. 13, 1919, in Bristol, Tenn. As a child he entertained at family gatherings and sang in the Methodist Church choir. Tennessee Ernie Ford, as he came to be known, was an ordinary man but his overwhelming success later led to his downfall. First Lieutenant Ford served in World War II as the bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress flying missions over Japan. Many of his early records, including "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Blackberry Boogie", were exciting, driving boogie-woogie records featuring accompaniment by the 'Hometown Jamboree' band, which included Jimmy Bryant on lead guitar and pioneer pedal steel guitarist Speedy West. Please reset your password. In November of 1963 -seven years after its release-Hymnswas recognized by the label's Alan Livingston, as the largest-selling LP ever recorded by a Capitol artist. He received a Medal of Freedom Award from President Ronald Reagan. The musical variety program was a staple of the NBC schedule until 1961. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" is a traditional gospel song and jazz standard that has been performed and recorded by many artists. A versatile, deep-voiced performer, Tennessee Ernie Ford became the model for future generations of multi-faceted country entertainers. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. A duet with Ella Mae Morse, "False Hearted Girl" was a top seller for the Capitol Country and Hillbilly division.[8]. In 1968, Ford narrated the Rankin/Bass Thanksgiving TV special The Mouse on the Mayflower for NBC. He is most remembered for 16 Tons. In 1955, Ford recorded "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" (which reached number 4 on the country music chart) with "Farewell to the Mountains" on the B-side. Earlier he was a retail manager for Giant Food, a distribution clerk for the Postal Service and a building supervisor for the Fairfax County Department of Recreation. He also contributed to movies as a singer. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Tennessee Ernie Ford Ernest Jennings Ford :: a biography Born Ernest Jennings Ford on February 13th, 1919 in Bristol, Tennessee, Tennessee Ernie Ford has made an indelible impact on America and the world through his unparalleled accomplishments in radio, records and television. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. [9] He became a household name in the U.S., largely as a result of his portrayal in 1954 of the 'country bumpkin', "Cousin Ernie", in three episodes of I Love Lucy. 1919-1991. 5th Alabama, Frank Warner, Tennessee Ernie Ford & Frederick Fennell & Eastman Wind Ensemble. We Gather Together, a 1963 release made with the San Quentin Prison Choir, was the first recording ever made at the prison. : Ernest Jennings Ford. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 76, White House, Tenn. (615) 672-5000. This browser does not support getting your location. Through 1976, he released a total of eighty-three albums on the label--and literally scores of single records, including his classic version of Merle Travis' timeless anthem to the working man, "Sixteen Tons"at the time of its release, the fastest selling single in Capitol's history.To date, it is estimatedthat Ford has sold more than 400 million records worldwide--an astonishing number, even by today's standards. CD: $9.98. Anyone can read what you share. His unprecedented achievements earned him numerous accolades, including:three stars in The Hollywood Walk of Fame--for Radio, RecordsandTelevision. Mr. Ford served as a bomber navigator in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant. However, he moved to a different location in 1939 to study music at the Cincinnati . 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