Harlan Perry Howard – Tombstone Inscription

 

Howard, Harlan Perry
Section 20  Lot 21
ID #200150 

Harlan Perry
Howard
September 8, 1927
March 3, 2002 

�He wrote the songs
    I held the pen�
 Heartaches by the number �
I fall to pieces � Life turned her
that way � Tiger by the tail �
Busted � Above and Beyond �
Somebody should leave �
Somewhere tonight �Don�t tell
me what to do� Why not me �
Blame it on your heart �

Most people know Harlan Howard
by the songs he�s penned � More
than 4,000 of them.  In a six
decade career, the �Dean of
Nashville Songwriters� established
himself as one of the most prolific
songwriters of all time. 

        �Country Music
  Three Chords and the Truth� 

While here, he loved and was loved.  

Recorded 2007 

Biography for Harlan Perry Howard


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After 2009 Restoration

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