My daddy would drive down to Nashville on Friday nite and set in as a extra player for base fiddle and he said he would be in so much pain and drunk he felt bad for him. I still have some 78 records from him. Their around 75 years old. Thank you Heather and Leo

Hank Williams and George Jones are great country singers. They both sure can sing gospel music as well as country music. RIP Hank Williams and George Jones ✝️🙏❤️

I adore Hank Williams music what a talent he has left to all of us I could never get sick of watching anything about him

A true Country legend. His songs will live on forever. Thanks for sharing this story.

Thanks for sharing Hank Williams story. He is truly a bigger than death figure for all of us who love all he did for people with his music and life.

My goodness Hanks wife was 1 beautiful lady!!! I had no clue about this story of Hank. Thank you so much Heather and Leo. Keep doing what you do!!!!

Some Mingo County-Hank Williams related history. My grandmother, Virginia Cline, owned and operated a "beergarden", called the "Blue Moon", in Baisden, WV (Gilbert Creek). Just before his death, he stayed there for a week and to pay for his room and board, he performed there at night. My grandmother, who died in 2003, at age 93, told me that "he was the skinest and ugliest little man she had ever seen" and that "he ate up all her bologna and drank up all her Falls City beer."

Hank Sr is my favorite. Thank you for this.

Really good detective work! As an Alabama-born West Virginian, this story has been a stable in my legacy stories told me by my family. I really enjoy and appreciate ya'lls channel.

The man was a master, the artist of the human heart...so sad that we lost him, so soon...RIP, Hank...♥

Yesterday (January 1) was the 71st anniversary of Hank's passing. I tend to agree with y'all on Hank's death location. At least he didn't die in Oak Hill. I think, as you stated, certain people and / or locations didn't want to be associated with his death so they took him to Oak Hill. Why? As you stated, Hank was considered a drunken outlaw. The "prominent" people wanted nothing to do with him. In fact, I watched another video that said Oak Hill officials decided not to erect a monument in his honor for that very reason. It was Hank's fans that had one erected. Great video as always.

This will forever be a mystery and a sad story. Thank you Leo and Heather

My dad loved Hank Williams. Thanks for doing this.

Love Hank Williams. Always have, always will. R.I.P. Hank. And I thank you two for making this road for trip, I’m really loving it. Thank You,❤,❤Blessings.👍

Great video guys. I live in knoxville Tn and I’ve always heard that Hank really died while staying at the Andrew Johnson Hotel.

He was in so much back pain. I know what he was going through. His whole life he was being treated for back pain.

Thanks for sharing! I love Hank Williams!

Fascinating story! I didn’t realize he was so young! You did great sleuthing on this story and it made it so interesting 🤔🥸 Thanks for all your hard work and God Bless🙏

The gas station attendant in Bristol VA. said that Hank looked dead when Charles Carr stopped there.

I can remember hearing on the old radio of Hank’s death the exact day as a child in McDowell County, WV. Parents were avid country music fans. I later became an RN with some knowledge of all the terms surrounding Hank’s death. My personal thought is considering the times, tests were not done with the rules and oversight now followed. 1) Everybody knew Hank consumed pain killers, so the biggest red flag for me was the toxicology report showing NO morphine. Morphine shares classification with numerous pain killers called opiates. He had to have had some opiates in his system, and is stranger that he did not. You have to actually specify and look for the morphine/opiate to find it in toxicology. Lots of times a doc will order a repeat lab if he suspects something. He had to have had opiates in his system from the injection or previous pills, so I think that toxicology was not done without a focus on the morphine. Thus 0 morphine results. 2). The driver was very young and immature, and back then young adults tended to respect and not always challenge elders-the doc. It is surprising how some young people are not observant and lack sound judgment-reason so many laws on voting, smoking, drinking??? Maybe the young man did not want to admit how careless he was with the safety of this famous man-it would have been scary. I don’t think he was involved, but innocently fell victim to a series of situations that led to the death of Hank Williams Sr. and then became not totally forthright. I truly believe Hank Williams was already gone when they stopped at the restaurant and when the policeman pulled over the driver. This young, probably half asleep driver, did not know he was finding a place in history as he drove up that dark and winding route 19 to where it became obvious Hank was gone. How would we have handled it at that age? Hank, being an addict, nobody questioned doctors, labs, or medical findings in those days. I use to travel that same road driving to Beckley, and pondered this every time. Too late now to prove anything, except we do know Rigor Mortis sets in after about two hours and lasts awhile. I would like to add, more importantly, that back pain is an unbearable pain that often started many on the road to addiction.

I was born & raised in Oak Hill until 1964, ate at skyline often, even on visits back home, then a trip in 2004 it was a shock to see it was closed, & was still closed in 2012 the place sorta looks about the same except no old ratty linoleum flooring,seems like I remember an old wood/coal burner too

Thank you for telling the story of his death the way it should be. As you said we may never know!!

Love this story! From the time I could understand, I was told the story of Hank and his last ride. It was sad when they tore down the gas station. The hospital they took Hank to is where the water tank is at the beginning of the video. The Skyline was closed for about 10 years and just reopened a few years ago. I lived about 3 miles down the road in Glen Jean for awhile. Had a friend who wrote a song about Hank called The Legend, the band name was Borderline.

Hanks my all time favorite.. a legend.

The fact the I watched I Saw The Light last night and then this pops up today is a little spooky.... Fantastic as always!

Another great video. Thank you!

Charles Carr stopped at a taxicab company in Bluefield to try to hire another driver to help him drive to Ohio.

Thank you so much! I learned something new today❤️

Dang that Chloral Hydrate was a highly prescribed drug back in the day... First Hank Williams in 1953 and Marilyn Monroe in 1962....Probably countless others that died from this drug... I agree with you Heather...There is definitely some holes in the story...Good stuff as always...Thanks for sharing!!!!! Heather has the idea... Some Cole slaw on those hotdogs is awesome!!!!

Hi Folks! First of all, let me say that I think that your video here, was very well done! Secondly, I was very glad to see that you kept all the facts straight, (as I've come to know them anyway), which is from several biographies which I've read on Hank; and also, from several documentaries about him, that I've watched over the years, as well. All of that being said, I'd like to offer my theory on what I feel transpired on that fateful New Years morning, and why?? My theory and thoughts parallel yours a great deal, but I think I can offer a bit of additional insight as to the motive(s) behind it all. Before I begin, let me state here, that I wasn't born until 1966, and will soon be turning just 57 years young, so of course, I wasn't anywhere near thought about, on Jan. 1, 1953! LOL!! I've never worked in law enforcement, nor in the field of "Criminal Investigation" in any way, but as I say, I do have what I feel, is a very plausable theory; as to certain events that transpired on the eve & morning of Hank Williams Sr's. death, and the motives behind them. So, here goes.... 1). I very much believe that when Hank was carried out of that Hotel in Knoxville: If he wasn't already dead, then he was either "in the throes" of dying, or surely in a GREAT STATE of duress!!! 2). Why?? Because of the following: A). Hank had supposedly, already consumed a few Beers & had already consumed a certain amount of Chloral Hydrate, as you stated in your narrative. B). Having been given the shot of Morphine on top of the aforementioned (especially the Chloral Hydrate) I would say that it couldn't have helped, but to send Hank into a state of duress!! 3). Hank's 2nd wife, (and widow), Billie Jean; has been quoted as saying that even before departing from their home, for that ill-fated tour; Hank's palor, was beginning to look pale and even somewhat ashen then, indicating that he may have already been going "into the throes" of some type of coronary crisis, at that time! 4). Put all of the aforementioned on top of an underlying coronary problem, & I'd say that Hank was sure to go into Cardiac Arrest!! 5). As I understand it, if over a certain amount of Morphine is administered; then the patient needs to be put on oxygen, in order to keep from asphyxiating, due to the heavy effect of sedation. -- -- Case in point: I had an uncle, (Joe), in Pennsylvania; who succumbed to Metastatic Kidney & Bone Cancer on Jan. 8th, 2014. My Uncle's Dr's. first tried to put him on a Morphine regimen at home, in effort to make his last days comfortable. However; the strength of the dosage was so strong that it began to make Joe VERY SHORT of breath. As a result, they had to re-hospitalize him, and put him on oxygen, so that they could continue to administer a large enough dosage of Morphine to ease his pain, without him having to constantly fight for his breath - and I should add that my uncle never drank, nor smoked; used any kind of drugs, nor had any pre-existing breathing problems! 6). Thus, after hearing what my uncle went through, I now truly believe; that the Knoxville Doctor, (whom that quack: Toby Marshal found and sent to give Hank those injections), likely shot Hank up with enough Morphine, that when mixed with whatever amount of Chloral Hydrate that Hank already had in him, it likely stifled Hank's breathing to a dangerous degree, + "put him under" way too far, to survive very long, without additional oxygen! 7). I also believe that either the Dr. who administered the shots to Hank, or someone else who was there, (besides Charles Carr), quickly came to realize that Hank had fallen into duress, and that there was nothing they could do bring him out of it, there @ the Hotel! 7b). If that was the case, then no doubt, that Dr. didn't want his name to come up in connection with this and that either he, or someone else, called Toby Marshal back & explained the severity of the situation and asked him: "Just WHAT IN THE HECK should we do NOW!" 7c). If the above is/was true, then I STRONLY FEEL, that Toby Marshal VERY LIKELY instructed them to load Hank into his car, and to tell Charles Carr to head on towards Ohio, and possibly, to drive on until at least daybreak, and if Hank had not awakened by that time, nor had his condition improved; to THEN AND ONLY THEN, seek to get medical help for him!!! 8). As I'm certain that most of you can figure: If any of the above did occur in the way I've theorized, AND IF Toby Marshal and/or the other Dr. gave the instruction for it; you can bet that the reason they did so, was to make it look like Hank died somewhere en route, so that hopefully, it would erase all cause, for the authorities to wanna think that Hank's death was connected to THEM! Note: One other curious story, which has been told in at least 2 books, and in an article or two, written about Hank Sr; is that once Charles Carr arrived in Bluefield, WV; he supposedly stopped @ a little country store there, and bought Sandwiches and Beer. The lady who ran the place, has been quoted as saying that both Carr and Hank got out of the car & walked into her store, and that supposedly; Hank walked in, "without his hat on." This statement seems somewhat "off," as Hank's hair was beginning to thin out, and it was snowing pretty heavily, & was extremely cold, and no doubt, a bit windy as well! So one would think that Hank surely would've chosen to wear his hat once he exited the car... As you pretty much stated in your video though, AND as forensic evidence bears out; the above story could NOT have been true, as Hank had to have been deceased by that time, in order to have been in FULL RIGORMORTIS, by the time his body was examined at Oak Hill!! In the one book I read, which mentioned this story, the author himself, expressed his doubts about it; saying that the lady in question, likely just told that story to previous interviwers, in order to see herself AND her establishment, mentioned in print!! On that same note though, it IS believed, that Charles Carr DID in fact, stop at Bluefield, and either went in by himself, or with Donald Surface, (a Blufield Cab Driver whom he recruited to share the driving), as empty Beer Bottles SUPPOSEDLY WERE noticed in the car after Hank's death became known, there in Oak Hill. Another interesting occurrence (which concerns those empty beer bottles) is that they reportedly disappeared from the car at some point, while Charles Carr was either inside the hospital or the Tyree Funeral Home. I figure, if it IS true, that Carr DID stop @ that store in Bluefield; then it's QUITE LIKELY that he told the lady there, that he was chauffeuring Hank Williams to Ohio, but that he was asleep out in the car and shouldn't be bothered; and that this was likely what led her to tell the story that Hank himself, had walked into her store, when this MOST ASSUREDLY, COULDN'T have been true! **One last, RATHER CURIOUS note: There are various differing accounts about the length of time, which Charles Carr's hired, co-driver, Don Surface; actually spent in the car, with Charles and Hank. Some stories I've read stated that he was still with Charles Carr when he arrived at Oak Hill, but took off QUITE ABRUPTLY once he learned that Hank was dead. Other books and articles gave 2 differing accounts on this, supposedly, from Charles Carr himself. They are as follows: 1). That Don Surface WAS still with him when he arrived at Oak Hill. 2). That he (Carr) had become unnerved with Surface's driving in the bad, snowy conditions that morning and suggested that Surface go on his way at some point BEFORE, arriving at Oak Hill! It's also been written that during his lifetime; Don Surface didn't speak much about the night Hank died, but of course; I couldn't say for sure. It could be that it rather haunted him, as I'm sure it would have for most of us, if we'd have been in his shoes, on that fateful night! In closing, I want to say that it's a real shame that SO MANY differing stories have been told, about the events which transpired, on the night/morning, that Hank Williams passed away, and that it's caused a portion of the TRUE facts, to become clouded and convoluted and it'd sure be nice, if much of it could ever be cleared up! Highest Regards! Ron Abilene, TX.

Hank had one or two heart attacks in Dec. a few weeks before he died, he played a show in Austin, TX in Dec. 1952, he was so ill and shaking he had to be helped off the stage and couldn't finish the show

Tragic story. He was so young! His death seemed to haunt his son Hank Jr. for many of his adult years, and i wonder if that was (in part) because he grew up in the 'industry'. At some point with the magic of technology Hank Jr. did a duet with Hank Sr. 'A Tear in My Beer' i believe it was. May he and his wife rest in peace 🙏 Thanks for this. I'm really glad i found your channel. The work and travel you two put into your documentaries is impressive! Hope you both have a wonderful evening and 4th of July! 🎆

How sad to have wealth and fame but still not enjoy a happy life.....

The one particular song 🎵 of his that I like is, your cheatin heart. Country music has certainly changed a lot since Hank's time. I believe you are correct Heather, Hank must have died in that hotel room, or was dying fast, thanks to an incompetent Doctor. Rest in peace Hank 🙏 Thank you very much, Leo and Heather, for another great video. 😊

Thanks so much for sharing the video guys. I'm a huge Hank fan. Heather I am in agreement with you. Things don't line up. Great video as always. Y'all take care.

The concert audience in Ohio, upon hearing of Hank Williams death, began singing "I saw the light".

Interesting scenarios. Love your channel.

My Mother and Father grew up in the Montgomery area, my Dad said before Hank made a name for himself, Dad said they would pay 10 cents to see him perform, my parents and all of my aunts and uncles went to his funeral, there's all kinds of stories I've heard growing up

I find this to be a painful story about a very young man. He wasn't even 30 yet!

Also if the driver was 18 or just a young fella,why would a State Trooper simply take the word of young man,ignoring his own suspicions, experience and guidelines of a State Trooper to insure the safety and welfare of any citizen?

In my opinion Hank Williams died at the hotel. According to research it takes rigor mortis occurs two hours after death. How could the driver be hungry when supposedly they had steaks at the hotel. With the speeding ticket and the officer account that the passenger looks deceased confirmed my opinion. Great job and thank you guys for another great job 👍

Well done video. Very well put together. Thank you.

Nice video.....I ,m with ya on the overdose when he first left Knoxville.....who knows what that driver was thinking/lied.

It’s all about his singing songwriting talents. Way too young. Rip.

So sad, addiction takes many talents away from us way to soon

i've been a fan of hank for many years. we share the same birthday ( i'm 54 ) your video brings up intresting questions... thanks VERY Much for makin it

WOW! Do I remember that song growing up? Absolute;u!!! When I was a 9 or 10 years old, I would walk around the house singing "Hey, Hey, Good Lookin'". Still sing it from time to time. Loved this song and Hank Williams. I never knew he was ever in WV.. WOW! What a tragic story! How sad!!! Thank you for this delightful and wonderful video. Thank you for taking me along. I haven't been to Oak Hill for some time.

The documentary I watched on Hank, which was on PBS, revealed that while Hank did drink quite a bit, it was found later in his life that he was in constant pain from a medical condition similar to spinal bifida, but different in that the abnormalty was more to the inside of the spine rather than outside. The alcohol may have helped short term for a time but the morphine was his only relief. There was not a lot known about morphine in this time; so the very painful condition which was unending in Hank's case could only be eased by this powerful drug. And considering the type of birth defect he had, it only really dulled the pain to make it tolerable.

You should do a part 2,and come down here,too Montgomery,too the lost highway and graves,where the Real legacy lies!

Hank was all American! God Bless Him!

Great video. I had thought that I remembered him dying in Alabama. This video refreshes my memory. Those hot dogs looked real good! Y'all do both videos about famous stuff and also some very remote and obscure subject matter. The story of how Virginia was divided in two after the War is interesting.

Love your work, beautiful Heather !

Poor Hank.. His music should be Re re Leased.. 💝

Great show keep up the good work be safe my friends God bless all

I remember when he died. I was about 10 years old. I did not know who he was.

Hafta agree with you Leo, I have never been to an Applebees and probably never will. You just can't beat a good Hotdog. Must be the Hillbilly in me. Enjoyed this video very much. Good job Heather.

How would a 18 year old kid. Act bye discovering a dead body in your back seat. I would brobably be upset myself. Thanks for doing this story on Hank R.I.P Luke the drifter. AKA HANK WILLIAMS 😢

Is that June Carter (Cash) in the opening scene? I rewatched the beginning and he says "June, honey" so it must be her.

Sang from his heart got most all his recordings

It will probably always be a mystery.

I heard the story where old Hank died in the back of his car on the way to his new years show from alcohol poisoning! But of his heart and health ailed him being the doctors didn't have the knowledge of many health issues that plagued people, he could have been self medicating and his heart could very will be the reason!

Hiram was getting better then he fell and reinjured his back. Think he made it almost a year after that. Heres to all that have real pain.

Thank you for sharing.

Nice little corner store, with the outside eatin area. Now that's relaxin and homey feelin doin that. Great video on Hank y'all. Yea, I kinda feel like y'all, something wasn't right with his death and timeline. The guy driving him,so called pretend Dr., mighta gave him something else after the Dr., seen him in Tennessee at motel/ hotel and realized he was gonna be at fault idk.. but thank y'all very much for another wonderful/ sad video.

Charles Carr was with Hank from the time they left Montgomery, until they carried his body into the hospital in Oak Hill. He told what happened, why create fiction?

Thank ya'll for another great video. Regardless of exactly what happened or who lied. This was just another great performer that left this earth way too early. Hank Williams Sr., Patsy Cline, Johny Horton, Jim Reeves, Karen Carpenter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Marty Robbins, Keith Whitley, Glen Miller, Roy Orbison. I'm certain I have missed several others, but they all impacted music probably in ways they would never know. All gone way too early. But your story on Hank. Williams Sr. does not pass the smell test. I don't think the story we got was the actual truth, but an attempt to make Hank look better. If you were / are a fan of Hank Sr. the absolute truth wouldn't have mattered, except possibly putting some folks in jail. Thank ya'll for bringing this story to us. Dadgum I wish ya'll would stop with stories that leaves us with more questions than answers, but that is just the nature of investigating history. I really appreciate all yall's effort in researching these stories and showing us all the places. God bless ya'll for all your efforts on these stories and trying in cases to bring closure. Please stay safe on your travels.

Thanks! You Rock !

Great video but such a sad story. I was around rock n roll bands as a younger guy and well let’s say it was often low pay and three sets a night. Beer, rum and sometimes friendly ladies made up for feeling like this just ain’t gonna work out. We ain’t the Beatles or The Who, we better find a day job. Drugs were definitely around but I did pretty good myself at staying away from that. I knew enough about biology and chemistry to be very wary. I watched band mates sort stuff up their nose I wouldn’t ever do. Wasn’t even sure exactly what the stuff was in truth. Fortunately I was not a very good musician and my decision was easy. Still love music but glad I gave up playing and going from nightclub to bar dive to fraternity house. Hope you stay safe on the roads out there. I am from up north originally, closer to Morgantown and the pepperoni roll area, a staple of our diet in my youth. Love a good hot dog 🌭

You are so right.

Great video ❤️

Ive been researching this story the past couple days, and im confused. was the skyline drive in where he told his driver no, or the burger bar in bristol where he said that? Ive seen videos claiming both. it would make more sense that he was alive in bristol and said no he didnt wanna eat, then wouldnt respond at skyline because he was dead.

King of Country Hank Williams Sr, sounds a lot like Michael Jackson, King of Pop... killed by incompetent Doctor.

I have been to three star's grave's Hank, Johnny Horton, and Elvis !

Hello Leo and Heather

You both are so funny!!! Love the dynamic between you both. The bear is really cool! He does need glasses... LOL

I grew up bout 10 miles from the old stucco Spanish looking gas station that they pulled into . There was a hospital right beside it ! The stories I grew up with ( born in 58 ) was that Hank and his driver pulled into the "Skyline " ( it was a rough red neck bar when I lived there) Hank kept on sleeping while the driver got "something to eat " , then he left and noticed Hank being dead ? And pulled into the gas station in Oak Hill. That's the local take that I heard growing up. Hank died cause he was drunk and got a morphine fix in Kville that plum killed him. The sad part also being of the spectacle of a dead Hank in a caddy and folks stealing clothing, hat, hair and pieces of the caddy before he was removed from the scene. Hank Williams, thanks and R.I.P

Hank was working the road because he was trying to rebuild his career, he was fired from the Opry in Aug. and despite excellent royalties from music copyrights and record sales, he was cash poor, he didn't manage money well, and like many musicians I know got most of his income from live shows, Hank had a bad rep for being drunk, missing shows etc. he was hard to sell by this time, the Canton show was sold out ,he certainly needed the money

Also at the end of my Hank video hear a new perspective on the Andrew Johnson Hotel that’s never been told till now.

Hank and Carr left Montgomey for the shows ahead, they did try to fly out from Knoxville, but the weather made the plane return, and they had to hit the road again, Montgomery to Canton was 800 miles, the roads then were 2 lane and narrow, not a nice trip in winter

I think we will never know what really happened that night/early morning. I think the “facts” are fuzzy. Hank deserved better.

We still do, thanks

Thanks for another great video. It seems the time of death could be determined by the stage of rigor mortise. It starts about 2 hours in the facial muscles. It's complete 6 to 8 hours later and lasts approximately 8 hours. How long does it take to get from Knoxville to his final stop? Hank Senior was and is a legend. RIP Sir.

I think Hank died in WVa or close to the WVa/Va border. I think Charles Carr was a scared 18 year old driving a legend in a unfamiliar area and didn’t know how to handle the event. I think if Patrolman Swan Kitts thought the passenger in the back seat (Hank Sr) was dead, he would of investigated to make sure. “Dr” Toby Marshall was responsible for Hank’s death. And a poor investigation at that time has caused this confusion. I like your report. I was born in Princeton WV, where a dead or dying Hank drove through and grew up in Canton, Oh where Hank was traveling to.

I could never understand how they ended up in Oak Hill when they were driving from Tennessee to Charleston, WV. Isn't that out of the way? Also, rigor mortis wouldn't have set in that quick. It usually takes about 12 hours.

This story makes a lot of sense

Hank Williams, 3rd looks and sounds like his grand-daddy.

If he was dead when they left the hotel and the hotel kicked them out because of that then why would the hotel confess to carrying him out? Makes them look like a disreputable place either way. The reality is they left the hotel to get started on the journey to Ohio. Better to get there early and catch up on rest before the show if possible than risk further delays on the trip causing another cancelled show. And don't be naive in thinking the random college kid hired as a driver wasn't into the "scene". A typical morally upright student of the time wouldn't have stayed involved. Old Hank wasn't a one-off personality, nearly every touring musician of the time has stories that parallel Hanks, to a point. They had agents and dealers and enablers and lackeys. Chances are the real story is much different than you'll ever imagine. As the story goes it's close enough. He was in pain, he was driven to succeed, he used drugs and alcohol to cope, he trusted people that didn't necessarily have his best interest at heart, and he died on a lonely road far from the people who loved him.

Wonder why the officer didn’t check on him also? 🤔

Man, lemme tell you. Driving around the unlit backroads of the South is not fun, especially if you're not familiar with them. Many times I got lost at night, in my own county. Then you add driving in the dark and ice in them hills at night. That had to be a miserable ride, freezing, exhausted and sick. Hank probably wanted to go. RIP.

A lethal combination, stopped his heart. But you are dealing with a long-term alcoholic, a real and possible uncurable back problem. In a pressure and demanding business, that so many with that rare level of fame, would love a break from, to a simple life. Like some of the rock stars of the late 60’s and 70’s and in their 20’s. Some like this man, in truth died of old age.

After that "doctor" gave him Morphine, I bet he was "resting" like a Monty Python Parrot. Everyone then scattered to escape blame!

I can pretty much guarantee hank died at the hotel.most likely when the driver discovered him dead he alerted the hotel staff and they all put him in the car and made the driver get him away from there because that would bring bad publicity to the hotel. That's my theory anyways

Growing up in southern West Virginia I recall the day my father came in the house and announced to my mother “Hank Williams is dead “. 6:51

Native of Fayette, WV...I was always told, SkyLine was where they realized he was dead. Driver took him on up into town ,@ the gas station where Tyree funeral home picked the body up. Tyrees is still in existence. At that time, skyline was only a restaurant, a real drive inn. Spent many years dormant. The name on the library, Hubert E Jones also built the mansion x street with the columns ....he was founder of Amherst Madison river coal barging company, acquired from Logan coal co. back in the day. ❤ Your vids, reside in chapmanville

They use to make pizza, Coal Miner Special. It was Great 👍

That would be a hard spot to be in I couldn't honestly say what I would have done either

Actually Hank had JUST TURNED 29, having been born in the month of September.

I'm wondering if the song kid rock sang with Cheryl crow was a reminder of how his grandfather passed his song the picture had the words of drugs and alcohol makes me wonder

How about the hitchhiking Army soldier, they are supposed to have picked up, to give him a ride further down the road, closer to his home? That has not been substantiated or disproved.

Hank had a heart attack a few months earlier in TX, he was in bad shape in the final months of his life