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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ____
1 2 BY McKEAN
1 3 A Senate Resolution honoring Grand Ole Opry singer
1 4 Wilma Lee Cooper.
1 5 WHEREAS, Wilma Lee Cooper has been a member of the
1 6 Grand Ole Opry since 1957 and is widely acclaimed as
1 7 the First Lady of Bluegrass; and
1 8 WHEREAS, Wilma Lee Cooper and her late husband,
1 9 Stoney Cooper, spent part of their early career in
1 10 Iowa and Nebraska, and have returned to perform in the
1 11 upper Midwest on many occasions, and continue to have
1 12 a wide following in the region; and
1 13 WHEREAS, Wilma Lee Cooper's career has spanned the
1 14 decades from her childhood in West Virginia in the
1 15 1930s, when she sang with her parents and sisters as
1 16 the Leary Family, through the next nearly 40 years of
1 17 singing with her husband, Stoney Cooper, and the
1 18 Clinch Mountain Clan, until Stoney's death in 1977,
1 19 and through more recent appearances on the Grand Ole
1 20 Opry stage with the reorganized Clinch Mountain Clan;
1 21 and
1 22 WHEREAS, the music of Wilma Lee Cooper has always
1 23 been traditional country music, with some of her best-
1 24 known songs being "Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill,"
1 25 "The Legend of the Dogwood Tree," "Come Walk With Me,"
1 26 "Big Midnight Special," "There's A Big Wheel," and "A
1 27 Daisy A Day"; and
1 28 WHEREAS, Wilma Lee Cooper has been recognized as
1 29 having made remarkable contributions to bluegrass
1 30 music, and has received awards and honors from many
2 1 sources, including the International Bluegrass Music
2 2 Association, the Smithsonian Institution, the Country
2 3 Music Foundation, Harvard University, and the Country
2 4 Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and has been chosen to
2 5 record for the Library of Congress; and
2 6 WHEREAS, Wilma Lee Cooper will be inducted into the
2 7 Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of
2 8 America's Preservation Hall of Greats on February 4,
2 9 2001, and will celebrate her 80th birthday on February
2 10 7, 2001; NOW THEREFORE,
2 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 12 recognizes Wilma Lee Cooper for her achievements as a
2 13 vocal artist, recognizing not only her talent and
2 14 career accomplishments but also her contribution to
2 15 the rich country music heritage celebrated by Iowans
2 16 and music enthusiasts around the world.
2 17 LSB 1887XS 79
2 18 vl/cls/14.1
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