An iconic longtime country music DJ. The founder of The Nashville Food Project. The former first lady of Tennessee. A barber and former Metro councilmember, who was also a famous father. An acclaimed music journalist, gone long before his time. The co-creator of Ernest P. Worrell. Business leaders, public servants, athletes, mentors and the world’s most famous coal miner’s daughter.Â
These are just a few of the Nashvillians, former Nashvillians and other locally significant figures we lost over the course of 2022. In our annual In Memoriam issue, we at the Nashville Scene commemorate some of the irreplaceable figures who died over the past year.
Join us as we remember their legacies.
Remembering Vernon Winfrey, Honey Alexander, Barbara Jean Norman Haynes and more
Remembering T.B. Boyd III, Earl Swensson, Janice Walker Wendell and more
Remembering Tallu Schuyler Quinn, Dan Einstein and Doug Crow
Remembering James C. Gentry, Art Quick, Paul Hoolahan and more
Remembering Yusef Harris, Clare Corson Armistead, Irene Jackson Wills and more
Remembering Lee Wiedhaas, Joe Biddle, Ralph Emery and more
Remembering Loretta Lynn, Dr. Paul T. Kwami, Deborah McCrary and more
