Grandpa Jones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Grandpa Jones
Occupation	Country Singer
Date Of Birth	Oct 20, 1913(1913-10-20)
Age	111
Date Of Death	1998-02-19
Birthplace	Niagara
Country	United States
Birth City	Kentucky
Horoscope	Libra

Grandpa Jones Biography

Grandpa Jones is one of the most popular and richest Country Singer who was born on October 20, 1913 in Niagara, Kentucky, United States. American country music artist and banjo player who is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. His hit single “T for Texas” charted at number 5.

He played alongside He acted alongside Roy Clark on Hee Haw. on Hee Haw.

He was married to the musician Ramona Riggins in 1946 and they began to tour together.

Grandpa Jones Net Worth

Grandpa Jones is one of the richest Country Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Grandpa Jones 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began singing as an untrained teenager on an WJW radio program. The year 1931 was the time he was a member of Pine Ridge String Band. Pine Ridge String Band.

He was a part of the popular show on television, Hee Haw, in 1969.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Grandpa Jones height 5 ft 6 in Grandpa weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Grandpa Jones Dating?

According to our records, Grandpa Jones married to Ramona Jones , Eulalia Marie Losher. As of December 1, 2023, Grandpa Jones’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Grandpa Ranked on the list of most popular Country Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Grandpa Jones celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.

Top Facts about Grandpa Jones

1. Louis Marshall Jones, better known as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and country/gospel music singer.
2. He was born in a sharecropper’s family in Henderson County, Kentucky, and was the youngest of 10 children.
3. He developed his stage persona of Grandpa Jones at the age of 22 when he was given the name by musician/songwriter Bradley Kincaid.
4. Jones learned to play the banjo from rising country radio star Cousin Emmy in the 1940s.
5. He enlisted in the US Army during World War II and was discharged in 1946.
6. Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978.
7. He performed on the Grand Ole Opry from 1946 to 1998.
8. He was a charter cast member on Hee Haw, often responding with his trademark phrase “Outrageous”.
9. He was a neighbor and friend of fellow musician David “Stringbean” Akeman, and served as a witness in the trial of his murderers.
10. Jones’ autobiography, Everybody’s Grandpa: Fifty Years Behind The Mike, was published in 1984.
11. He recorded for several labels, including RCA Victor, King Records and Monument.
12. He died at the McKendree Village Home Health Center in Hermitage, Tennessee at age 84.
13. He was buried in the Luton Memorial Methodist Church cemetery in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
14. Jones played the guitar or banjo and performed mostly old-time ballads.
15. His first experience playing music in public came at the age of 11.

Was Grandpa Jones a good banjo player?

Best known to the general public for his exuberant banjo playing , for his singing of novelty songs like “Rattler” and “Mountain Dew,” and for his infectious verbal comedy on shows like Hee Haw, Grandpa Jones was also one of country music’s most dedicated champions of old-time music.

What was Grandpa Jones real name?

Louis Marshall Jones

Is Grandpa Jones wife Ramona still alive?

Old-time fiddler and ‘Hee Haw’ star Ramona Jones died November 17th in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Old-time fiddler Ramona Jones, who was a veteran of radio, television and the live concert stage, died Tuesday (November 17th) in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. She was 91.

Where is Grandpa Jones from?

Niagara, KY

What happened to Grandpa Jones?

In January 1998, Jones suffered two strokes after his second show performance at the Grand Ole Opry. He died at 7:00 p.m. Central Time on February 19, 1998 at the McKendree Village Home Health Center in Hermitage, Tennessee, at age 84.