East Tennessee native Roy Acuff was born Sept. 15, 1903 in Maynardville. He died in 1992 in Nashville. Last year, as documentarian Ken Burns looked on, musician Ketch Secor played a little tune live ...

Those of us in broadcasting have the opportunity to meet many famous people; it’s part of the business. At the top of my list of celebrities would have to be Roy Claxton Acuff, named by the late ...