Lloyd Leslie George Obituary


From the Herald Citizen in Cookeville, Tennessee
Submitted by Peter J. Gossett



COOKEVILLE -- Funeral services for Lloyd Leslie George, 67, of Cookeville will be held Friday, October 18, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Whitson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Netherlands Cemetery.

Mr. George was dead-on-arrival at Livingston Regional Hospital on Wednesday, October 16, 1991.

Born June 27, 1924, in Haleyville, Alabama, he was the son of the late Austin and Myrtle Shirley George.

He was a retired musician who played as the original Lonzo of the Lonzo and Oscar Hour on WSM Radio Station and the Grand Ole Opry. Mr. George was also a member of Netherland Church of Christ.

His family includes a daughter, Claudia Faye George of Cookeville; a sister-in-law, Etheleen Richardson of Cookeville, and two nephews.

The family will receive friends after 6 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

Bro. Jack Honeycutt will officiate at the services.


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