Many of us grow up listening to country music, which is also known as country and western, and hillbilly music. It is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.
Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007) was a country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson died November 6, 2007 at aged 82 after being diagnosed with lung cancer. He's buried at Waco Memorial Park, Waco, TX.