Ernest
Dale
"Texas Troubadour"
Tubb
Born in Crisp, Ellis, Texas, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Calvin Robert Tubb Sr.
and Sarah (Ashton) Tubb
Brother of
Calvin Robert Tubb Jr. and Jewel May (Tubb) Garner
Husband of
Lois Elaine (Cook) Tubb
— married
about 1935 [location unknown]
Husband of
Olene Carter (Adams) Tubb
— married
1949 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Justin Wayne Tubb and Rodger Dale Tubb
Died
at age 70
in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2015
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Biography
Ernest Tubb is Notable.
- Father: Calvin Robert Tubb; mother: Sarah Ellen Baker
- Youngest of 5 children in a sharecropper's family
- Dropped out of school after one year of high school
- Worked for the WPA (New Deal jobs program) during the lean times before his music career took off
- Worked in various Texas cities (including Corpus Christi, Midland) in the late 1930s, at radio stations and whatever else he could find. (Residence San Angelo at the 1940 Census, 1935 in San Antonio)
- Referred to as "The Texas Troubadour"
- Inducted into the Site/inductee?entry_id=2953 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1970)
- Inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1965
- Sample song: Walking the Floor Over You
- Sample song: Waltz Across Texas
Sources
- Texas, Birth Certificates, 1914
- US Census, 1920
- US Census, 1930
- US Census, 1940 occupation: salesman, mattress factory
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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