Hugh Ronald Knoblock
02/05/2018
Mr. Hugh Ronald Knoblock, age 79, Jonesborough, passed away Monday, February 5, 2018 at his residence.
Graveside services will be conducted 10:00 am Monday, February 12, 2018 at Mountain Home National Cemetery with military honors.
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EULOGIES & CONDOLENCES
We lost a pioneer in American
Rockabilly. Buried at Mountain Home
VA cemetery with full color guards,
wepray that Hugh is high on the
mountain in peace. Born and raised in
Memphis TN, he went on to be a
prolific songwriter and member of the
Memphis Songwriters Association. He
worked at SUN records and found his
musical roots as a teenage neighbor
of Elvis Presley when the Presley
family were living on Getwell Street
in the mid Fifties. Hugh Knoblock
went on to record a major 45 rpm
record, "Betty Jean/Misery" on
Artists International records.
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