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Martinsville music legend Jim Eanes was posthumously inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Wilkes Heritage Museum, Inc. has announced that Martinsville native Jim Eanes will be inducted in the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame.

The 16th Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame inductees, including Ray Grubb “R.G.” Absher Jr. as recipient of the Dr. T. R. Bryan Wilkes County Heritage Music Award, have been

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