(Reuters) - Jean Shepard, who played a pioneering role for women in country music and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Sunday at age 82, the Nashville ...
Shepard was made a member of the hallowed Grand Ole Opry in 1955, and after the death of Little Jimmy Dickers, she was the longest-standing member. In November of 2015, Shepard celebrated being a ...
Country Singer Jean Shepard loved Chattanooga. She told the late Ray Hobbs with WDOD Radio, she’d move here if it wasn’t for the Grand Ole Opry. The Oklahoma native visited with the country DJ a lot.