Answer me that!Oh yeah? In my opinionit was a tragic accident. He even had an album reach Gold status in Denmark in 1999! He even had an album reach Gold status in Denmark in 1999. If I get the chance to take a drive to Nashville maybe I will snoop around to see what I can find. :“A member of law enforcement had called the Reeves home with the tip that Jim’s diamond cluster ring had been recovered, and he suggested Mary (Reeves’ widow) call downtown to let them know she was aware of this, lest it disappear again. Looked for a couple of F-104 sites for Chris Baird near the Tyson-McGhee airport. Once the map loads, click on the Aerial Image tab in the upper right corner, then increase magnification.I've been traveling back and forth to Knoxville, TN for business. Wonder if he knows it? The incident certainly would have come to light long before Larry Jordan related it in his book, fifty years later. This was later proven to be false - so perhaps the wife had a tendency to fabricate/embellish the stories surrounding the crash?There are so many stories involving the crash. Eddy Arnold identified Dean as being Jim because Dean was wearing a wedding ring. Answer me that!Please don’t misunderstand. Not used to looking through all that green stuff. I don’t claim to know everything but I find it hard to believe that people supposedly found the crash on Friday night and didn’t tell anyone. At 13:00 that afternoon, radio stations across the United States announced to their shocked and stunned audiences that Jim Reeves had been killed in a plane crash. If true, then the farmer must have made a mint by selling off his land. If you've ever heard one of his songs, you'll have to agree his voice is golden. By then, her life was focused on running the Jim Reeves’ museum and gift shop outside of Nashville, and a person could see she was centering herself on the positive aspects of her late husband’s life.That book mentioned upthread uncovers an incredible amount of dirt, and fans will be heartbroken to find their idol had feet of clay. https://www.geni.com/people/Gentleman-Jim-Reeves/6000000009431823235 Gentleman Jim Reeves is one of my favorite country singers. He spent the day meeting with producers about his next film, then headed to a friend’s house for an afternoon visit.
Ernest Tubb) the bodies of Jim Reeves and Dean Manuel were found amongst the wreckage of the shattered plane. There has been controversy everywhere, and I’d rather just enjoy the music he left behind.Just a little FYI for Jim Reeves fans: there was a persistent rumor that is probably still making the rounds, that a provision in Jim’s will directed Mary to hold back his unreleased songs, and only publish one a year.We specifically asked Mary about that rumor, and she flat out denied it.
Fact is, Mary Reeves was a very canny businesswoman, and she had her own marketing strategy mapped out.All I can say is that if some policeman tossed a severed finger at me, I would have been telling the story about it to everyone I knew. I have to assume this was all shortly after the crash (hours/day or two) and that pieces were simply bagged for later fingerprint or other identification? It's interesting. I can’t find anything else about it on google.I rather doubt they would keep a rotting, stinking piece of human flesh in the property room.I rather doubt they would keep a rotting, stinking piece of human flesh in the property room.I rather doubt they would keep a rotting, stinking piece of human flesh in the property room.Well, this was in the 1960’s and it could be that the body parts were all found and sent to coroner and maybe the finger had been cut during the accident. Jim Reeves died while piloting a private plane near Nashville in 1964.