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First Lady of Country Stood by Her Word Duced Me As Family to the Crowd Page 8 • Southwest Standard Features • AprilS, 1998 First Lady of Country stood by her word duced me as family to the crowd. It everybody feel like family. Losing There will be a special service for just shows you the kind of person her is a shock. It's just like losing Wynette at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at she was." one of our own." the Ryman Auditorum in Nashville, My dad, Lloyd Hankins, echoed In 1995, Wynette took the stage Tenn. Richardson's remarks. for the annual event and became 'IWe're expecting lots of family "She always treated Malden real sick. Too sick to continue the con- and friends and country music per .. good:' he said. Indeed, Wynette cert. But even illness did not stop formers," said Julie Schwartz of the accepted nothing in return for her her from making people happy. Ryman. "It's a sad day, but we'll get performances, allowing the town to Wynette apologized to the crowd for through it together," keep the proceeds from ~ticket sales being unable to continue, then intro- I'm not Einstein, but I think we Steve Hankins and concessions. duced Loretta Lynn to finish the could all learn a lesson in giving is a[eatures "She let any civic organization show. from Tammy Wynette. keep whatever they made," Hankins "Tammy was a fantastic cook," "The world will miss her as a writer for The said. "The Lions Club, churches, Richardson said .. "She cooked me country music star," Richardson Southwest The Jaycees. Whoever was there breakfast. Bacon, eggs, biscuits, the said. "But I'll miss her as family." Standard. kept whatever they took in." whole country breakfast. She was a Malden, Mo., will miss her) too. Wynette is probably most famous real person," Malden, Mo., is a town of about July in the grand tradition we've all years she celebrated our indepen- for her 1968 classic "Stand By Your 5,500 situated in the Bootheel of our come to love. Family picnics and dence with the people of Malden. Man" and her marriage to the godfa- great state. It's not a metropolis. fireworks. And from 1980-1996, a She could have performed anywhere ther of country, George Jones. But to Malden is an agricultural communi- concert from Malden's First Lady. else and made money. But her gen- the people of Malden, she was most ty where most folks attend church But since 1996, her deteriorating erous nature forbade that. famous for her generosity and kind- The Southwest Standard regularly and shop at one of the health dictated that she take life a lit- "She was the most pleasant per- ness. three grocery stores in town. It's a tle easier and the Fourth of July con- son to be around," Wynette 's "She was a great benefit to the is accepting applications for town where one opens an account at certs ended. nephew Rich Richardson said. "She city of Malden," ex-mayor Clark editor-in-chief, business man- Bud's Sinclair and pays for gas and She wasn't only the First Lady of always brought stars with her. Duckett said. "Our citizens were automobile maintenance monthly. Malden. She was the First Lady of George Lindsey (Mayberry's able to have a real good Fourth of ager and advertising manager. It's not a wealthy community, Country Music. Goober), George Jones. She was just July for very little money. She was a although it depends on how one She was Tammy Wynette. a great person. One time, I went very down-to-Earth person, She was defines wealth. It's the town where Tammy Wynette married into the with her to Chicago for a concert just like one of us. You wouldn't my parents and grandmother live. Malden community when she said "I there, you know, just freeloading. think that of someone who was as Malden celebrates the Fourth of do" to George Richey. And for 16 But during the concert, she intro- famous as she was, but she made \ Requirements All candidates must be graduate or undergradu- ate students, demonstrate an adequate background Chi Alpha, Edgewise minister to the world to carry out the duties, be enrolled and committed to enrollment on at least a half-time basis and be in Campus Christian organization reaches out from Springfield to across the Atlantic good academic standing. STEVE HANKINS opportunity to share the gospel with In addition, candidates for editor-in-chief must Southwest Standard them," have at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average. 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