Several of Gary's friends got
together and held a benefit concert in Gary's honor.
Howard Decker and his band performed. The bluegrass
group, WhiteWater, featuring Greg and Brad Davis and
Randy Childers also performed. Marty's Rock & Roll
Cowboy band also did a couple of songs with guest
singers. All in all, it was a fabulous afternoon.
Lots of items were donated and
auctioned off. Autographed CDs, pictures, a leather
outfit from LeAnn Rimes, a beautiful fringed denim
jacket by Emmylou Harris. George Jones had signed a
guitar and Marty and the Rock & Roll Cowboys
also signed a guitar. The entire event raised
$3,000.
There was a huge dance floor and
a few of the attendees danced. Marty's fans showed
up: Cindy Allred, Shelby Jean Gootee, Tami Krato,
Margie Sullivan, Mary Runyan, Judy Trickett, Evelyn
Totty, Gary, Barbara and Melanie Renfro.
This warm, sunny afternoon of
music was for Nikki and Elliott. It was good seeing
a smile on Nikki's face and she was invited out on
the dance floor by several gentlemen. She even tried
to teach Elliott some dance steps.
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Howard Decker
and friends open the show |
Auction items -
Emmylou's jacket is lower left.
It came with 3 Emmylou CDs and went for
$400. |
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Danny and Kathy Meadows (l) eye the
new
Sullivans'
CD and tape (which they bid on and won).
There's the
guitar autographed by Marty. To the right
of that is
the guitar autographed by George Jones.
The
gentlemen in the sunglasses bid $600 and got
it! |
The three gals
standing on the other side of this
are: Mary
Runyan, me, and Melanie Renfro. Melanie
took quite a few items home with her. |
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Greg Davis,
Brad Davis and Randy Childers are
WhiteWater!
Notice the photo of Gary on the left
and the
picture of the Marty and the Rock &
Roll
Cowboys on the right. |
Long-time Marty
fan club member, Melanie Renfro
shows off
her beautiful singing voice. She
performed
"Once A Day" and "Hillbilly Rock." |
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Howard got up
and performed with
the Rock
& Roll Cowboys |
Melanie sang
background vocals with
Billy Minshew (left) and band. |
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Elliott did not
want his picture taken. |
At least
Elliott tried to smile. Nikki, you look
beautiful! |
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