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How did Jimmie Davis die?

How did Jimmie Davis die?

Stroke
Jimmie Davis/Cause of death

Davis died on November 5, 2000. He had suffered a fall in his home some ten months earlier and may have had a stroke in his last days. He is interred alongside his first wife at the Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery in his native Beech Springs community near Quitman. Jim Davis was cremated.

What songs did Jimmie Davis write?

Original songs

Title Written by Original date
Nobody’s Darling but Mine Jimmie Davis September 21, 1934
Plant Some Flowers by My Grave Jimmie Davis, Rupert McClendon July 27, 1942
Shackles and Chains Jimmie Davis December 9, 1937
Sheltered in the Arms of God Jimmie Davis, Dottie Rambo July 22, 1969

Where was Jimmie Davis from?

Jackson Parish, LA
Jimmie Davis/Place of birth

How old is Jimmy Davis?

101 years (1899–2000)
Jimmie Davis/Age at death

What Louisiana governor sang You Are My Sunshine?

Jimmie Davis
But Jimmie Davis, Louisiana’s “singing governor,” who died Sunday in Baton Rouge at the supposed age of 101, unquestionably will be remembered for a single song he wrote well over 60 years ago whose ever-singable refrain begins, “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.”

Who made the You Are My Sunshine song?

Elizabeth Mitchell
You Are My Sunshine/Artists

Where is governor Jimmie Davis buried?

He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame, Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame….James Houston “Jimmie” Davis.

Birth 11 Sep 1899 Beech Springs, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA Show Map

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