{"id":19994,"date":"2013-05-01T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=19994"},"modified":"2013-05-01T20:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T20:00:34","slug":"george-jones-funeral-details-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/01\/george-jones-funeral-details-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"George Jones Funeral Details Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"georgejonesmaritzB2013\"GEORGE JONES FUNERAL SERVICE DETAILS ANNOUNCED \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH, GOVERNOR BILL HASLAM, FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE, CBS NEWS’ BOB SCHIEFFER, BARBARA MANDRELL, PETE FISHER & KENNY CHESNEY SET TO SPEAK. MUSIC FROM ALAN JACKSON TO BRAD PAISLEY TO\u00a0KID ROCK SET TO TAKE THE STAGE IN HONOR OF GEORGE JONES<\/p>\n

\"C\"Nashville, Tenn. (May 1,\u00a02013) \u2013\u00a0George Jones\u2019 funeral will take place on Thursday, May 2nd at The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, starting at 10 am (Central) and will be open to the public.\u00a0 Doors will open at 9 am. \u00a0 In addition, national television networks CMT, GAC, RFD, and FamilyNet, as well as local Nashville stations WKRN 2, WSMV 4, WTVF 5, WZTV 17 will broadcast the funeral service \u201cLIVE\u201d, with radio partners WSM 650AM and SiriusXM Willie’s Roadhouse<\/em> (Ch. 56) broadcasting the service.\u00a0 Fans around the world can listen online at wsmonline.com<\/a> or watch online at opry.com<\/a>. \u00a0 “The caliber of speakers and performers is a testament to what George Jones meant to everyone in the world,” says publicist Kirt Webster. “Nancy is overwhelmed by the love and support of not only George’s fans, but also the music community, public figures and friends.” The service will include music from Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill w\/ Patty Loveless, Alan Jackson, Ronnie Milsap, Kid Rock, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brad Paisley, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker, and Wynonna.\u00a0 Former First Lady Laura Bush, Kenny Chesney, Grand Ole Opry VP&GM Pete Fisher, Governor Bill Haslam, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Barbara Mandrell, and CBS News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer will all make special remarks. Fans not able to attend can leave a special message about George Jones at: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/GJtribute<\/a><\/p>\n
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Media Information<\/strong> \u00a0 No photographers will be allowed in the Grand Ole Opry House.\u00a0 \u00a0 A pool feed for TV and Audio media outlets will be provided by The Grand Ole Opry.\u00a0 Please contact Jessie Schmidt jessie@schmidtpr.com<\/a> or Darlene Bieber at Darlene@schmidtpr.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Media requesting a seat inside The Grand Ole Opry House contact Kay Waggoner at kay@websterpr.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Webster & Associates Public Relations & Marketing Kirt Webster \/\u00a0kirt@websterpr.com<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0615-777-6995 x230\u00a0 Jeremy Westby \/\u00a0jeremy@websterpr.com<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0615-777-6995 x228<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GEORGE JONES FUNERAL SERVICE DETAILS ANNOUNCED \u00a0 FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH, GOVERNOR BILL HASLAM, FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE, CBS NEWS’ BOB SCHIEFFER, BARBARA MANDRELL, PETE FISHER & KENNY CHESNEY SET TO SPEAK. MUSIC FROM ALAN JACKSON TO BRAD PAISLEY TO\u00a0KID ROCK SET TO TAKE THE STAGE IN HONOR OF GEORGE JONES Nashville, Tenn. (May 1,\u00a02013) \u2013\u00a0George Jones\u2019 funeral will take place on Thursday, May 2nd at The Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, starting at 10 am (Central) and will be open to the public.\u00a0 Doors will<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}