The Funeral of Hank Williams Sr, 1--4--1953
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Hank Williams Sr, September 17,1923--JANUARY 1-,1953
The funeral was held on January 4, 1953 in the Montgomery City Auditorium in Montgomery, Alabama. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery, on a hill top over looking the City of Montgomery.
The minister that conducted the service was Dr. Henry L. Lyons. The singers were:
Number 1: The Southland Singers "My Record Will Be There."
Number 2 : Roy Acuff and The Grand Ole Opry Singers "I Saw The Light."
Number 3: Red Foley "Peace In The Valley."
Number 4: The Statesman Quartet "Precious Memories".
Over twenty five thousand people were in Montgomery for Hank's Funeral.
Number 5; Tour of Oakwood Cemetery.
Compiled by: Milton Welch
I was born in 1983. 30 years after Mr. Williams passed. This man is the Greatest singer songwriter and musician that has ever lived. Such a tragedy that his life was taken at such a young age. His mucic will forever stand the test of time. May he forever rest eternally in love and peace
there will never be another Hank Williams
The greatest songwriter this country has ever known. His credibility is the way these songs speak to your soul, your conscience and sense of anguish.
I listened Hank since I was a little girl. Am 66 now and still love him just as much as ever. He was the best !!!
I was 12 yrs at the time of his sad passing.I still remember seeing grown men crying when hearing about his death. RIP HANK.
A brilliant artist, songwriter.A deeply religious man who knew Jesus.A deeply troubled soul who never learned to give it all to jesus. Yes he wrote my life too.
deon rodden boooo
No one could express, pain, a broken heart, and struggles of life, no matter how gifted.
Great singer, writer, and so down to Earth and humble. His songs are timeless. Well never forget you Hank Williams. Rip
I loved Hank Williams & his songs & was heart broken when I heard of his death. I too this day play his records, first choice when I feel like hearing great music. There will never be a greater singer music writer than Hank as far as I'm concern!! God Bless him.
i was only 14 years old and remember him with great love and respect for a great artist and now at 75 i still have the same feelings for hank,
Princess Diane was just as loved as Hank Williams Sr. Look at the crowd of people paying their last respects. This photo immediately reminded me of Princess Di's funeral. Elvis Presley was another one much adored.
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Thank you Hank Williams for all The Great songs you gave us in your short Life Hank Williams you will Never be Forgotten
My whole life I have loved Hank there was just something about his voice and his music that tied our hearts to him. He has always been my favorite
Hank is the King of Country, and always will be.
I think he was the best singer in the world I just love him
He was the Best
Yes friend. Same here as well. I became a believer too listening to him.
I agree but Elvis, Loretta, Patsy Cline, are right up there also.
He is still The Number one king of Country Music
My favourite singer all time. thanks for sharing this special sad day with us all.
Thanks for this, Milton Welch. It's wonderful to listen to you tell this story firsthand.
You did an excellent job on this. Thanks for posting it.
Thank you very much for thys previous video of Hank's service.My Moma & I came across it lookin for a song.What a treasure 2 have found thys.He was moma's favorite singer.God bless!
I was fiftheen when he pass away . Ihave talked with a fiddler that was at canton when they got word that he hadpassaway . we went to his grave site ten years ago which is on youitube.
What a FINE Job! Thank you, and bless you, Mr Welch!
Godspeed to you, Mr. Williams. I hope you've found the peace & rest you were searching for.
Happy New Year 2023! Today, it-s exactly 70 years since Hank passed away. This fall, we'll remember his 100th birthday. Fascinating to read posts from people who remember the guy. Yes, rock music has many roots, and Hank was one of the thickest.
Forever n my heart ,..R.I.P. HANK...
thank you for the time and energy it took to make and post this sad day in history.
Loved Hank Williams, a very talented man! We need real country music like he wrote and sang today.
God Love You Hank.
Great share ...thank you.
I heard a lonesome whistle blow. Was that the number 9, headed south from Caroline? Just imagine what he would have done if he hadn't left so soon. A true tragedy to American music that is still being felt today. Hank Williams kind of genius will forever be missed. I'm 53 years old and still waiting to hear his equal. I really enjoyed the drink we had in Montgomery, meant a lot to me. Getting kicked out of The Grand Ole Opry for raising a stink as to why Hank wasn't a member, priceless. I wear it as a badge of honor. The Opry sins to this day.
J Sweatt they found an unfinished song that Hank was working on in his blue Cadillac. God Only Knows what Hank would have accomplished had he lived a long full life.
+Nadya Rossi Agreed!
George Jones is the closest we have come to Hank's equal.
Ele morreu quando eu tinha 10 anos. 70 anos se passaram pra que eu o conhecesse pela internet, mas sem o conhecer, aos 10 anos eu já gostava muito das suas canções, incrível!
I inherited my love of Hank's music from my mother. I truly believe that a voice like Hank's comes from the Cosmic as an inspiration from God, which is , only given to those who the Bible mentions as being selected as "Voiced", ie Tubal.. His voice was truly a musical instrument which I, and countless others, greatly appreciate, thanks to his recordings. In this vane, we must acknowledge also his record producers and his band. I think it is only wise, that others never try to imitate this man, because if they do, they will unfortunately fall very short. That is not to say, that singers should not sing his songs, in homage to his talent. Thanks for reading my thoughts. I am a Canadian, who thinks that all Americans should be truly humbled by what their citizen accomplished in the international community of music, amen.
he is and always be just Hank god bless
Maureen krauss but there is 3 hanks. just saying Hank or Hank Williams don't specify enough which 1 of the 3 Hank Williamses you are talking about. Hank Williams Sr (this guy) Hank Williams Jr or Hank Williams 3rd all 3 are professionally recorded singer musicians
thanks for posting this
Thank you. Great video.
There will be never another hank williams, the best singer, the best song writer with a beautiful voice. Rest in peace hank from me your fans from indonesia
listen to calling you give you chills,
HANK WILLIAMS FOREVER GOD IN COUNTRY MUSIC
Will never be another he was the best
Hank would have laughed his ass off at the sound of that fish tank running in the background of the beginning of this VHS tape!
Well....shit.
Hank kind of lived his life in a fish tank,eh?Nice one,Kevin....A message of the heart,says the eulogized.
prolly the saddest video I ever saw...let alone added to a "Favorites". tHANKs Milton Welch!
The absolute KING of country music!
THANK YOU for this. I was in October,6,2011 there
i know he was the best.
Wow that's all I can say it makes me sad he is gone. What a true country writer he was. Growing up I idealised him still do every time I play a song are hear one from him.
A thousand thank you's for posting this Milton!! Hopefully these records will never be lost. I wonder though- were you there for the services?
Rly? Thank you for sharin Milton! I will share thys wyth my Moma.
Great information on this Mr Welch, very good information
rest in peace hank
I have heard about this man for 50 years....mostly legend and untruths...thanks for the video...I feel like I now know a little more about this man. Sad as it was.
you never spoke a truer word he is the greatest singer in this world
Thank you so much for post this. I really enjoyed listening and seeing the photos.
ONE OF MY GOLDEN FAVORITES. MAY HE FOREVER REST IN PEACE. Smokey Binion, Jr.
They have a lot things about Hank Williams in Oak Hill West Virginia where they found him dead.
Wow he was laid to rest 22 years before I was born January 4,1975 RIP 🙏 Hank Williams
A friend of mine Ray Schmucker was headed to the concert hall in Canton the night Hank died.
he is the best singer in the world you said it
That was supposed 2 say precious! My Moma Rly enjoyed it Sooo much! I thynkin u 2 were bout the same age.
i,m still heare thats right me n john
The estimate of the crowd that I've read was 2000 in the auditorium and anywhere from 20,000 to 25, 000 waiting on the outside
He said 2000-2500,but it does seem more,many more,were there.
Deon,I don’t think you can say this.I believe he did many thousands and millions of moments all through his life.He was indeed a sinner!He was certainly a precious ,special child/man of God.Look how many souls were saved through his songs.Believe that it was an active god who gave him his special gifts.
This is a great sermon....message.
Amen
He deserved the big send off. He had a difficult short life. A true legend.
#RIPHankWilliams 🙏🏼
Deserved a big send off what's the difference he wasn't there to see it. As the saying goes give me my flowers now not when I'm dead.
@@erickrohn2970it does matter
Roy Acuff sounded a bit worn and torn, and that understandably... but wow that is beautiful at 46:45 Red Foley singing Peace in the Valley..wow that is as perfect as perfect gets. It proves my theory that content always overcomes technology, mono, one track, taped on an antique, it always comes down to talent and musicality. It is a shame he died so young and a miracle the same mixture of drugs and alcohol didn't kill me a dozen times over before I quit them.
I found a beautiful song by Ashley Monroe called ' Hank's Cadillac' it is for his memory, the best song , Hank was great!
I guess it's fair that Audrey is buried next to him. She had her little ways,but so did Hank. And he loved her to the end.
The night Hank had the heart attack in his car. my dad was passing him in his car in West Virginia.
Rebecca Arnold I believe that Hank Williams died in Knoxville Tennessee. I believe he had already passed when the porters at the hotel put him in his blue Cadillac.
Very,very,said,and,mist
I was 10 years old when he passed.
May GOD Bless him and all his Family !!!
We had a restaurant on the rt he would have taken, rt 21, to get to canton ohio, he may have stopped in for breakfast, instead we woke up to a sad radio, playing hanks.Songs, i was five yrs old, a sad day for all
tHANKS!!!
I was just a kid at the time but I recalled the the news who on television show all those cars of people on the news .
I really don't want anyone looking at me when I die, much less anyone take my picture in my casket, leave me be
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS. I HAVE A COPY OF HANK'S DEATH CERTIFICATE. I HELPED GET A POSTAL STAMP WITH HANK'S PICTURE ON IT I GOT PEOPLE TO SIGN A PETITION WANTING HANK PUT ON A US POSTAL STAMP AND WE GOT IT PASSED AND THEY PUT HANK ON A STAMP.
john ben heare since53 well lets just say bout ready to go on
Nice! Thnx! CJ
RIP Hank you'll always be loved
Later you were fashioned into Woody in Toy Story
@Thomas Paine yes Woody was molded from Hank!
Looks like upon investigating Woody's facial features we're from Tone Thyne, a former Disney animator
In "RESPECTS" to HANK WILLIAMS...GOD help Audrey when the good lord finds out...
I was a few weeks short of 4 years old, and from what I was told later I demanded to go with my mother to the funeral. We stood outside the auditorium in the vestibule. My first, clear memory of any event: The cops cleared a space right in front of us to carry out the women who had fainted in the auditorium, laid them on the marble floor and revived them with smelling salts. Sex, death and resurrection. It made quite an impression on a young boy. Many years later I chatted up Hovie Lister when he was a doorman at the Georgia State Senate and he told me everybody singing on stage was drunk.
How fitting for a train to blow its horn going by!
If you ever get the chance read"Sing a sad song"about the life of Brother Hank.It's the only book that i have ever read where i broke down and cried.I wondered how a man could do this too himself untill years later i heard the rest of the story.It all started with"Spinal Bifida".RIP brother Hank.
IV read and watched all I could about his life and he was a happy man had health problems all his life a person with spina bifida usually only lived the maximum time back then 3 decades 30 years add a little coral hydrate morphine 2 or 3 beers not much being a thin man the Dr gave him 1/4 grain of morphine shot the docter came to hotel room his wife said he took coral hydrate by handfuls I'd say that the cause of death accidental overdose he stop breathing some were between Bristol and oak hill.god bless hank williams I hope and pray your in heaven.
This is so sad... Alexa play Hank Williams. But seriously R.I.P Hank Williams
john dun born fourteenth jan 1953
I stand too be corrected on this.There was an all black quartet called the "Southwind singers"that sang at his funeral.
Did he say conjugated?God bless him if he did.I’ll bet he was a schoolteacher.This man is thorough.Hank is one of my favorite covers...What a great quartet.You think they practiced a lot?Now that’s what I call songwriting.
This sounds like Martin Luther King giving the sermon!This is why Gospel music is the root.The Comforter.
Not even 30!
Hank received a Pulitzer Prize for his song writing.
It was The Southwind singers (not Southland).
He was tryin'
Dr. Henry L Lyons presiding over the Funeral!
Rest In Peace.
Does anyone know who preached his Funeral
The man had a 15 yr old driving him and was pulled by cops and made 2 go 2 the police station 2 pay a fine at night and Hank was left by himself passed out so who knows how he really died.
What a shame, audrey sheppard near Hank Williams. She killed Hank.
The drinking killed him
where the voice
get your grankids to help you with your videos
I wonder if medical science today could have fixed his back deformity, so he wouldn't have needed alcohol & drugs to dull the excruciating pain.
16:23
After watching this I have to go pee.....??.
why is Hank Williams Sr burried with Audrey? they were devorced and Hank Williams Sr was married to Billy Jean Jones when he died. he should not be burried with his ex wife Audrey.
Charles Myers sadly Audrey bought the rights to the name “Mrs Hank Williams” from Billie Jean, for 25,000.
Ivy Vengenz I did not know about Audrey buying the name from Billy Jean, but I did know Billy Jean remarried after the death of Hank Williams Sr to Johnny Horton. Billy Jean was the widdow of both Hank Williams Sr and Johnny Horton. I knew that.
I apologize I went to find you a link and it was 30,000 not 25,000. It was only months after his death. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Williams
Ivy Vengenz i clicked on the link you gave and it don't say anything about Audrey buying the name of mrs Hank Williams Sr from Billy Jean the widdow of both Hank Williams Sr and Johnny Horton
It says it under a cut. Here’s the copy pasted part.:
e was awarded the house and their child as well as half of her ex-husband's future royalties on the condition that she never remarry. In 1953, months after Hank Sr.'s death, Williams paid his second wife Billie Jean Jones $30,000 to relinquish the title of "Hank Williams' Widow". Both women had been using the description professionally. Jones agreed to Williams' terms.