groyster1
2185 posts
Mar 05, 2013
4:03 PM
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I will be going to the clarksdale juke joint next month...along the way,I hope to find blair chapel cemetary to find the headstone of john lee...have not been able to determine if its on highway 18 south...would love to get a photo of it...plan to go to tutweiler south of clarksdale to find rice millers stone...pretty good info to find it...
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sydeman
98 posts
Mar 05, 2013
4:13 PM
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The marker was presented by the Tennessee Historical Commission. It was placed on the west side of State Highway 18 at the intersection with Caldwell road in Malesus, five miles north of Blairs Chapel CME Cemetary where a tombstone was recently erected on Sonny Boy's grave.
The tribute came 42 years to the day after Sonny Boy's tragic death. (He was killed, at the height of his fame on June 1, 1948 by an unknown assailant on the streets of Chicago.) Mayor Charles Farmer was there with a proclamation, so was County Executive Alex Leech. They were joined by Billy Altman, a representative from RCA Records; Dr. David Evans, a music expert from the Memphis State University; scores of relatives from T.W. Utley, Sonny Boy's brother who lives in Jackson; to a host of kin and friends from St. Louis, Chicago and other parts of the U.S.A.
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timeistight
1147 posts
Mar 05, 2013
4:18 PM
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Playing music... it's a privilege.
Kim Wilson
Last Edited by timeistight on Mar 05, 2013 4:19 PM
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groyster1
2187 posts
Mar 06, 2013
8:21 AM
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thanks for the help...
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kudzurunner
3963 posts
Mar 06, 2013
9:25 AM
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I've visited John Lee Williamson's gravesite; I was taken there by the guy who helped erect the gravestone. It is a challenge to find--a real challenge. It is absolutely NOT visible from the road. You have to hike up a kudzu-covered hill. There was no path. You're bushwhacking, basically. Make sure that you've got good directions.
The gravestone is, I'm guessing, at least 200-300 yards, as the crow flies, from the parking lot of a nearby church. You can't see it from any of the several roads in the area. It's not the sort of cemetary that connects with a nearby church. It's an abandoned, overgrown cemetery.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Mar 06, 2013 9:28 AM
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groyster1
2189 posts
Mar 06, 2013
10:50 AM
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my info says the church moved,but there are 2 hills and sonny boy is on the first hill...an above post says there is also a marker on 18south and blairs chapel cemetary is 5 miles south of there...seems as though I will be on an adventure..
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groyster1
2190 posts
Mar 06, 2013
4:18 PM
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thanks timesight...it will be a treat to visit both sonny boys grave sites....it will put me in a good mood for the festival
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Bluedawgbluesacrat
16 posts
Mar 09, 2013
2:05 AM
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I live jackson tn......actually have a hunting farm right beside the cemetery ........be glad to take you there.......Adam I actually had lunch with you the day you were in jackson.......
Last Edited by Bluedawgbluesacrat on Mar 09, 2013 2:08 AM
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groyster1
2195 posts
Mar 09, 2013
6:22 AM
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@bluedawg
will be coming through jackson on april 12...let me know how I can contact you...my email is in profile
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Bluedawgbluesacrat
17 posts
Mar 09, 2013
2:46 PM
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@...Groyster1.......Cell 731 697 8050 .......jdtaylor1862@yahoo.com
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groyster1
2211 posts
Apr 15, 2013
9:14 AM
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much thanks to bluedawg for personally taking me to the gravesite which was a successful trip...found rice millers grave on my own in tutweiler....can be seen from prairie place road
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