Louise Scruggs’ funeral

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John Gerome (AP writer and national “country music correspondent”) has a piece in Monday’s edition of The Tennessean covering the funeral services for Louise Scruggs yesterday at The Ryman Auditorium. As Gerome notes in his opening sentence:

“Louise Scruggs, whose business savvy helped banjo great Earl Scruggs’ career flourish, was remembered Monday in a memorial service at the auditorium where they first met.”

Read the entire article here, which describes the service and some of the lovely tributes it engendered.

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John had served as primary author and editor for The Bluegrass Blog from its launch in 2004 until being folded into Bluegrass Today in September of 2011. He continues in that capacity here, managing a strong team of columnists and correspondents.

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