Grand Ole Opry star Billy Walker, 77, in car crash
Posted: Sunday, May 21st, 2006 11:02 pm
FT. DEPOSIT, Alabama (AP) — Billy Walker, the Grand Ole Opry legend whose hits included “Charlie’s Shoes” and “Cross the Brazos at Waco” died in a wreck along an Alabama interstate Sunday. He was 77.
Walker was killed with three others when a van they were riding in ran off Interstate 65 south of Montgomery and overturned, state troopers said. …
According to the Opry’s Web site, Billy Walker was born in Ralls, Texas, and built an early career as the “Traveling Texan, the Masked Singer of Country Songs,” and later shared the stage with Elvis Presley. … Read full obituary
