What did Grandpa Jones die?

February 19, 1998
Grandpa Jones/Date of death

What happened to Grandpa Jones on Hee Haw?

Grandpa Jones, 84, whose banjo playing, brightly colored suspenders and mischievous grin made him a country music favorite and a “Hee Haw” regular for more than two decades, died Feb. 19 at a nursing home here after a series of strokes.

Is Grandpa Jones alive?

Deceased (1913–1998)
Grandpa Jones/Living or Deceased

What was Grandpa Jones’s real name?

Louis Marshall Jones
Grandpa Jones/Full name

The youngest of eight boys and two girls born to a tobacco farmer, Louis Marshall Jones grew up in northwestern Kentucky, just a few miles from the Ohio River.

When did Grandpa from Hee Haw die?

Grandpa Jones/Date of death
Louis Marshall (Grandpa) Jones, singer and banjo player: born Niagra, Kentucky 20 October 1913; twice married (one son, three daughters); died Nashville, Tennessee 19 February 1998.

Is Buck Owens still alive?

Deceased (1929–2006)
Buck Owens/Living or Deceased

Where is Grandpa Jones from?

Niagara, KY
Grandpa Jones/Place of birth

Is Roy Clark alive?

Deceased (1933–2018)
Roy Clark/Living or Deceased

What happened to Grandpa Jones?

Grandpa Jones was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a longtime Grand Ole Opry member. They were married 52 years until his death in 1998. (Later, she took the last name of her second husband.)

How old is Grandpa Jones wife Ramona Jones?

She was 91. Born Ramona Riggins in Indiana, Jones met her first husband, country entertainer Louis Marshall “Grandpa” Jones while both were working at Cincinnati radio station WLW. They moved to Nashville in 1947. Grandpa Jones was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a longtime Grand Ole Opry member.

How did Loretta Jones meet her husband Grandpa Jones?

Born Ramona Riggins in Indiana, Jones met her first husband, country entertainer Louis Marshall “Grandpa” Jones while both were working at Cincinnati radio station WLW. They moved to Nashville in 1947. Grandpa Jones was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a longtime Grand Ole Opry member.