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The life and legacy of Country Music Hall of Famer Vern Gosdin will be honored with VernFest on August 4 in Nashville.

April 11, 1931-January 29, 2021 On Friday, January 29 Shirley Mae O’Toole passed away peacefully of natural causes after a period of declining health. She was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania on April 11, 1931 the fourth of five children born to the late Corah Margaret “Rubye” Ball O’Toole and Edward Lawrence O’Toole. She was the youngest daughter and the special little companion to her daddy. Her fondest memories were of the time spent as a young child in Bergholz, Ohio in the late th...

April 11, 1931—January 29, 2021 On Friday, Jan. 29 Shirley Mae O’Toole passed away peacefully of natural causes after a period of declining health. She was born in Carnegie, Pa., on April 11, 1931 the fourth of five children born to the late Corah Margaret “Rubye” Ball O’Toole and Edward Lawrence O’Toole. She was the youngest daughter and the special little companion to her daddy. Her fondest memories were of the time spent as a young child in Bergholz, Ohio in the...