BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — It’s been just over 60 years since a plane carrying Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and the pilot, Randy Hughes, crashed in Benton County. It was a dark day ...
The late Joe Edwards, who wrote for the Associated Press, described March 5, 1963, as the “Darkest Day in Country Music.” Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and pilot Randy Hughes were killed ...