REST IN PEACE, JIMMY CAPPS

I HAVE BEEN SINGING PROFESSIONALLY SINCE I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OVER 55 YEARS AGO. JIMMY CAPPS HAS BEEN A PART OF MY CAREER, FROM THE BEGINNING WITH THE OAK RIDGE BOYS, STARTING WITH OUR GOSPEL DAYS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO SOME OF OUR BIGGEST HITS. WHEN YOU HEAR THE GUITAR INTRO TO "YOU'RE THE ONE IN A MILLION", THAT IS JIMMY CAPPS PLAYING THOSE GUITAR INTROS. RECENTLY I WENT TO THE MUSICIANS HALL OF FAME AND JUST AS I TURNED THE CORNER I SAW A DISPLAY FOR JIMMY CAPPS. IN HIS DISPLAY WAS THE GUITAR THAT HE PLAYED ON "ELVIRA". MY WIFE, NORAH LEE, SINGS ON THE GRAND OLE OPRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. FOR MOST OF THOSE YEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE OPRY IS AT THE RYMAN, NORAH LEE HAS RIDDEN WITH JIMMY AND MICHELLE TO WORK. I ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER MICHELLE AND JIMMY'S SONS IN YOUR PRAYERS. TODAY, THERE IS A HOLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WHERE JIMMY CAPPS' CONTRIBUTIONS WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME. TODAY, FOR ME, ANOTHER GUT PUNCH, LOSING ONE OF MY VERY BEST FRIENDS. REST IN PEACE, JIMMY, IN THE ARMS OF JESUS.