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- Gordon Terry was born on October 7, 1931 in Decatur, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Twice in a Lifetime (1985), The Exotic Ones (1968) and Girl from Tobacco Row (1966). He was married to Virginia Elizabeth Russell. He died on April 9, 2006 in Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA.
- SpouseVirginia Elizabeth Russell(1949 - April 9, 2006) (his death, 2 children)
- Country musician and leading fiddler who began his music career as part of Bill Monroe's bluegrass band in 1949. Later went on to fiddle for Johnny Cash, Faron Young and Merle Haggard.
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, he first performed at age 9 at the Grand Ol' Opry and won the Alabama Fiddling Championship in Birmingham at age 14.
- His namesake is the Gordon Terry Parkway - Alabama 24 between Moulton and Decatur, named for him in the late 1980s.
- Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
- Charter member of the Fiddler's Hall of Fame.
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