Virginia Patterson (Hensley) Cline (1932 - 1963)

Born 8 Sep 1932 in Gore, Frederick, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Gerald Edward Cline — married 7 Mar 1953 in Maryland, United States

Wife of Charles Allen Dick Sr — married 15 Sep 1957 in Winchester, Virginia, United States

Died 5 Mar 1963 at age 30 in Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Patsy (Hensley) Cline is Notable.

Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley) was an American country and pop music singer. She was the first female solo artist admitted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. She was also the first female country artist to get top billing for a show.

• Her recording of Crazy is the most popular juke box song ever (according to CMHoF)
• Song: Walking After Midnight
• Died in a plane crash during foul weather.^[1]

In 1993, the US Postal Service issued a stamp in her honor ^[2].

FAMOUS ANCESTORS

Melchior Brombach Brumbach-1 (abt.1695 - bef. 1746) - Member of the First Colony of European Immigrants to Virginia (1714), Co-Founder of Fort Germanna & Germantown, Virginia in present Fauquier County. >Melchior is the 7th great grandfather of Patsy Cline.

Sources

1. ↑ "4 Opry Stars Die in Crash." Nashville Banner (Nashville, TN), 6 Mar 1963, Wed • Page 1; image scan of front page coverage available at newspapers.com.
2. ↑ Smithsonian National Postal Museum https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/women-on-stamps-part-4-prominent-female-singers-popularizing-country-music/patsy-cline

• Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911

• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1M-5QNY : 24 November 2020), Charles A Dick and Virginia P Hensley Cline, 15 Sep 1957; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Winchester, , Virginia, United States, certificate 27067, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HD-13SS : 13 December 2020), Virginia Hensley Dick, 5 Mar 1963; Death, Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP13-4BL3 : 18 July 2020), Patsy Cline, 1963.

• "Country Music World Says Sad Farewell to Patsy Cline." The Greeneville Sun, (Greeneville, TN), 11 Mar 1963, Mon • Page 6; image scan available at newspapers.com.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZP-FZTY : 1 August 2018), Virginia H (Patsy Cline) Dick, died 1963; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Shenandoah Memorial Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States.

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Patsy Cline (8 Sep 1932–5 Mar 1963), Find A Grave: Memorial #207, citing Shenandoah Memorial Park, Frederick County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

See also:

• Country Music Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia: Patsy Cline

• Wikidata: Item Q273080, en:Wikipedia