NAMES IN THE NEWS : Tammy Wynette Now a Highway
Country singer Tammy Wynette returned to her adopted hometown in northwestern Alabama for the dedication of a highway bearing her name.
Mayor Billy Bolton, friends and family members and Wynette watched today as a stretch of Alabama 24 was officially named the Tammy Wynette Highway.
“This is so wonderful,” said the 47-year-old singer. “I just love Red Bay. It’s a neat little town.”
Bolton said the request to rename the highway was in recognition of Wynette’s contributions to the town, where several of her relatives live. The 1989 Legislature approved a resolution renaming the road.
Wynette, who lives in Nashville, Tenn., held a concert last year to benefit Red Bay School. Wynette said the only other thing that bears her name is a park in her husband’s hometown of Malden, Mo.
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