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When May Kennedy McCord died in Springfield, Mo., in February 1979, a local newspaper had this to say under the headline "The Queen Is Dead": "We called her Queen of the Hillbillies. Not out of disrespect. Quite to the contrary, we called her Queen of the Hillbillies because of affection that bordered on the downright worshipful at times. She belonged to all of us in the Ozarks.
When May Kennedy McCord died in Springfield, Mo., in February 1979, a local newspaper had this to say under the headline "The Queen Is Dead": "We called her Queen of the Hillbillies. Not out of disrespect. Quite to the contrary, we called her Queen of the Hillbillies because of affection that bordered on the downright worshipful at times. She belonged to all of us in the Ozarks.