Visiting the grave of singing legend TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD

[@sandyrowan4059]

Yes one of my favorite I love Lucy episodes with him❤

[@ricj7517]

He was great as Cousin Ernie on I love Lucy..He also has a beautiful singing voice R.I.P Ernie Ford 🙏

[@reneerednour3951]

Loved Tennessee Ernie Ford. He could sing, act and be a comedian as well. Thanks for the video.

[@pamelabone4554]

I love Tennessee Ernie Ford I'm so glad you're visiting his grave thank you Steve.

[@joannmetz4413]

I have a story about Tennessee Ernie Ford and his wife Betty too. Back in the 1970’s my Momma worked in the laundry room at the local Country Club ( at the time this was the only CC in Enid, Oklahoma., there are now 2). Anyhow there’s a gathering at Oakwood Country Club in Enid, Oklahoma of several celebrities ( momma met Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors then too) They came to Enid for the Grand National Quail Hunt and the celebrities would meet at Oakwood CC for the banquet to celebrate. Anyhow Momma said that both Ernie and Betty were well mannered and they took time to talk to her just as if she was another celebrity. We had always listened to Tennessee Ernie Ford’s singing at home. It was so nice of them to treat the workers just like they did everyone else.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

What an awesome story Joan. Thank you for sharing that personal memory with us. 😀👍

[@danadavis6097]

I grew up watching Ernie with my family. My dad watched everything he was in. He was a huge fan of Ernie Ford. Had his 33 vinyl that he played over and over. My very favorite was when Ernie was on the Lucy show staying with the Riccardos. They were trying to get him to leave so Lucy acted like a wild city woman. Lol. She ranher fingers through Ernies hair and he asked if she was vamping him. When she said yes he said he liked it. My older sister and i laughed so hard. This brought back so many great memories for me. Thank you Steve. I love your graveyard videos. Always so respectful and good info. God bless you and Jim 🙏🥰

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Hi Dana, thanks for sharing these fun family memories with us! 😀👍

[@williambill5172]

Ah, Tennessee Ernie Ford...that brings back memories!

[@Angelkat757]

Definitely one of the funniest guys of that era. I see a lot of reruns definitely one of my favorite personalities steve. Thx 4the share

[@mariaday712]

I remember him. He was funny. Thanks for showing us where he is laid to rest. Take care.

[@gregorykacsandy5005]

Great content Steve 🙏👍

[@jodywoodruff6473]

I love that song. My father use to sing it a lot 😂.

[@maryannlockwood7806]

😊 loved his episode on I love Lucy.💁🏻‍♀️

[@dsinavich5141]

Hi Steve...I remember the name but I don't remember him especially...he was on The Lucy show apparently....I think he had deep voice .....thanks for vlogging this story...have a great weekend and take care..... Deborah 🇨🇦

[@lisad476]

Loved him....thanks Steve

[@runaremblem2221]

Great video🤗🤗🤗

[@dangwerebored9682]

Love love love this one!!!!!❤

[@phantomwheeler81]

I have one of Tennessee Ernie Ford's gospel records.

[@paean109]

My mom loved Tennessee Ernie Ford. I guess that is where I got the love for his music. If it was just my mother and I at home and most times on a Sunday, my mom would put one of his albums on the record player. He had such a beautiful voice..... Reid.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Thanks for sharing that memory with us Reid! 😊👍

[@dianewood15]

Great video Steve

[@carlajacobsen6821]

I first remember him watching the reruns of I Love Lucy. I really think that that’s a really pretty burial area. Around that tree and how it’s kind of a circular pattern. Very pretty. Great video!✌🏼✨

[@Apchestangenightout]

Thank you for bringing me some of my childhood memories of I love Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford may they all rest in peace 🕊️💙

[@billoneill9296]

Steve I really enjoy your videos on both channels. Have you ever visited the Chicago area cemeteries? Lots of interesting ones. The strangest thing that ever happened to me at a cemetery, happened one early Saturday morning. I go to this particular cemetery quite often to take my walks and visit my parents and many friends, relatives and neighbors. One day, it was just starting to snow and the graves had just a dusting on them. As I was leaving the grave of a former neighbor, I stopped to tie my shoes and put my water bottle down on a gravestone. I looked at the name and it was that of a grade school and highschool classmates. What are the odds of that happening? This was at Holy Sepulchre, just outside the Chicago city limits. There are the cemeteries on the same stretch of street and a couple others just a couple blocks South, including Restvale, which is the final resting place of many Blues singers and musicians who got their start in Chicago. Also just east of Holy Sepulchre, is Mount Olivet, which is the final resting place of many early Chicagoans from the near west and south side of Chicago. Then there is Queen of Angels on the western perimeter of Chicago, in Hillside, which has a beautiful memorial to many of the children and nuns who died in the Our Lady of The Angels, Catholic School Fire on December 1, 1958. Just a few blocks from there are a couple Jewish cemeteries with many prominent Jewish people, including Robert Reed and Mike Todd. Further north in the city, many of Chicago's earliest and most prominent citizens - Marshall Field, The Potters, the early mayors of Chicago and many others are laid to rest. I'll be your chauffeur if you come to Chicago. Best to come in the Spring or Fall, I don't think you California guys would appreciate the cold and freezing winds and snow we sometimes get.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Hi b, thank you for sharing this with us. What an interesting “coincidence”. I love it when things like that happen. It sure makes you wonder if it’s a sign from beyond. 😳😲

[@jeannorton4210]

I love him ,I love his gospel music.

[@mydaddysgreeneyes]

We listened to his music a lot as I was growing up. There are still times that we play some of his songs. Thank you for visiting his grave and taking us along.

[@mightyblues7]

Nice to see you back. Thank you

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Back?

[@MarthaJOHNSON-iu4wk]

Great video

[@J9harrison]

My mother is a huge Ernest Ford fan and saw his show in person in 1950's. It wasn't Christmas without his LP on the hifi! ( Record player). I still play those songs at Christmas!

[@sallykohorst8803]

Yes i remember him and please RIP to him. Thanks for sharing his story with us.

[@catherine59226]

Happy memories of Mr. Ford! Enjoyable video as always Steve! Thank you.

[@Corgis175]

Surprised he was buried there. I remember the rerun of him on the Lucy Show on two separate occasions. 16 tons was a great song. RIP Ernie and wife. Yes very modest burial.

[@marlenepearson3936]

My Dad had some of his records. And I would see him on TV 📺 He came to visit Lucy and Ricky in New York. Then they ran into him on their way to California. In Bent Fork, Tennessee 😂 Thanks for showing his marker. Great guy. RIP 🙏 🪦

[@stevemeadowlands1246]

I remember him well. Thanks Steve.

[@kevinsmith5288]

He was so funny in the I Love Lucy episode with the twins Teensy and Weensy, as the daughters of the sheriff who wanted to lock Tennessee up unless agreed to marry one of them. 😂

[@WarrenOhio330]

That sixteen tons song is very catchy I remember hearing it before

[@janetslicer3637]

Thank you Steve, I do remember him quite well! Some people just don't go for all that flash and dash. Nice video, short and sweet! ♥️☘️

[@maikolmaikol64]

He was so funny on Lucy thanks Steve ❤🎉

[@phyllisullery9963]

His voice was awesome. RiP Ernie.

[@crystalgrose]

I absolutely LOVE Tennessee Ernie Ford. He played such a sweet character on I LOVE LUCY ♥️ He was funny as well. A great performer.

[@Linda-in9ns]

Good man he was! Years ago we always watched him on tv! 📺 very nostalgic! Thanks for sharing Steve! Also his music was nice! 🎵

[@lindastevens6861]

I loved this guy Thank you

[@monikameza4107]

Great actor especially in I Love Lucy ❤thanks for sharing Steve.

[@buckshot6481]

Ernie was Dads favorite, absolutely hilarious guy.

[@shannonmanley9217]

He was one of the Best. waiting for your next video. God Bless and take care My Friend. 🙂

[@czechmate6916]

Thank you for sharing this story with us. First time I’ve ever seen anyone do an article on his grave. I remember growing up and watching his show with my parents. He had a beautiful voice and I have some of his music. I will always cherish his music. I also love his commercials for Aunt Martha Whites flour and other food commercials he would always say it’s pea pickin good. Great gospel singer too.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Thanks for sharing your memories with us! 😀👍

[@MrHeadbanger366]

He and Lucille Ball must've been pretty friendly. He appeared on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. I remember him doing commercials for paper towels. He'd make some kind of mess and use them to clean it up.

[@LesterMoore]

An unassuming man it appears all his life right up to the end. RIP Tennessee Ernie.

[@leesashriber5097]

My grandparents enjoyed his music. I have memories of listening to him. Thank you Steve! Always a joy to see you😊 🕊️🙏❤️

[@debkrutsch6197]

Great video!! I love his music and him being on I Love Lucy! Thanks for sharing Steve

[@WaterGirlH2o]

Good morning, and thanks for sharing. ❤🎉

[@ElijahRetro1982]

I first heard about Tennessee Ernie Ford from watching Hollywood Graveyard's video he did where he went to San Francisco and the surrounding areas, he also visited Wyatt Earp, Shirley Temple, Levi Strauss and others. Great video Steve

[@palmaleestephens1906]

Thank you, Steve!❤

[@texadonkey34]

I’m shocked he’s buried in California. Figured he would be buried in the South somewhere 🤔😳. You are great about bringing us the info, we would never know about it. 😻🌻👍

[@AZguy55]

16 Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford was the #1 song the week I was born in 1955. And yes, I was large baby! ❤️ Paul

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Lol 😂👍

[@alextepe4309]

This reminds me of the Simpsons episode where they go to Branson, Missouri and see a show about celebrities who were thought to be dead, but aren’t. Grandpa sees Tennessee Ernie Ford and says that he knows for certain that he’s dead. Ernie denies it, but once grandpa shows him the obituary he always keeps with him, Ernie immediately disintegrates. Lol classic.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Lol 😂👍

[@Tawanda65]

Thanks Steve. I have always wondered where he was intered. On my next visit to CA I shall make sure to stop and say hello to Earnie.❤

[@janadeubner9883]

Great video! Thanks for the memories!

[@carlacook5181]

Some of my elders ( great aunts, uncles, grandparents ) knewFord and some other “older” Southern entertainers, thanks for the video, my brother and I loved him, he was so funny and was a great singer.

[@joachimgoethe7864]

" I hauled sixteen tons, and what do I get, another day older and deeper in debt."

[@julienielsen3746]

I remember him on other TV shows in the 60s and 70s. And on "I Love Lucy," of course. I'm sure he must have been on "Hee Haw" a few times.

[@califdad4]

Back in the 60s he and his wife lived down the street from my Aunt and Uncles house in Woodside Hills in Woodside CA

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Wow, how fun! 😀👍

[@Lava1964]

When Tennessee Ernie Ford was a mystery guest on What's My Line in 1958, he commented about people confusing him with playwright Tennessee Williams. He joked, "I get a lot of his mail...and you ought to read some of it!"

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

😂👍

[@alextaffera6962]

Before my time I'm 69 but I remember my grandparents watching it

[@czechmate6916]

I’m 69 and I remember watching his show every time it was on with my parents. They loved his show and his music and I do too.

[@shiliela_rhymes_with_delilah]

I remember seeing him in the "I Love Lucy" episodes and I think he was on "Beverly Hillbillies" a few times too.. I'm pretty sure he guested on Red Skelton's show as well.

[@kwill1515]

What happened to the donation tab on your videos Steve? Also, I wanted to thank you for one of your videos. I was trying to find Moe Howard at Hillside and just couldn’t find it. Finally, looked up the video from your visit and found it right away. Thanks!

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Hi K, I’m glad you found the video! 😀👍 I turned off my donation buttons because I am no longer visiting grave sites as much as I used to. I plan to continue visiting gravesites For many years to come, but I just want to do it on my own schedule. Maybe I shouldn’t, but when I accept donations from yours, then I feel a sense of obligation to have to do this like a job. Without the donations, I don’t feel the pressure. And now that I’m retired the last thing I wanna feel is pressure or stress. I absolutely appreciate all of your support though and just watching my videos is more than enough support! 😀👍

[@kwill1515]

@@TheGraveyardChannel thanks Steve! I understand not wanting the pressure. I love both your channels!

[@jeannettecoleman5552]

Thank you

[@arkansawdave7984]

Hi Steve how u been? Whats the hottest day so far in the Palm? Its gotten up to 95 here but we have humidity here where u have dry heat right? In all ur gravesite visits have u ever found any celebrity that passed on there birthday? Thanks for the video...

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Hi Dave, we reached a record-breaking 124° this summer! 🥵 and yes, I visited lots of famous people who died on their birthdays. In fact, I made and shared a video about this about five years ago on this channel. I think I might even done a part two lol. If you can find those videos. Thanks and keep cool back there. 😎👍

[@bridgwll]

Just asking does Della Reese have a plot & do you know where it is? If yes, could you go there please

[@maryherlein242]

Della was cremated; ashes given to family/friend.

[@bridgwll]

@@maryherlein242 thankyou

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

God-given voice.

[@TyhlerNovac]

This is the first I haven't seen you do this in a while

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

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[@cmkarma5554]

I saw him on I love Lucy I had no idea he was that famous he was funny great talent!

[@larryburton9369]

Rest in peace Mr Erine Floyd God Bless 🙏 to you and your families 😊❤

[@frankdenardo8684]

I remember cousin Ernie on I Love Lucy. Saw him on Ed Sullivan, Dean Martin, Johnny Carson show

[@lockrobster7928]

I've seen two of those I LOVE LUCY episodes. Very funny.

[@GuyjKite]

RIP Ernie Ford. I live in Winchester VA. One hours drive from Reston VA. He passed in fair oaks hospital, Fairfax county VA. He became ill at Dulles Airport.

[@crystalgrose]

Hi Steve! It’s great seeing you again. How have you been? I hope all has been well with you. Have a wonderful day 😊

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Thanks Crystal. You too!

[@crystalgrose]

@@TheGraveyardChannel 😊

[@crystalgrose]

@@TheGraveyardChannel Thanks Steve!

[@Luvoldmovies-Kat.St.Aug.]

A favorite of my mom’s for sure . Watched him growing up . My dad was born in 1919 😇I noticed Earnie grave says “1919-1991 “ lot of 9” s going on there ❤👍⭐️🎤🎼💿📀📻

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

😀👍

[@Tattooedrebel2229]

TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE ON ANDERSON STREET {1205 OR 1209 ANDERSON STREET}

[@sandraponce9895]

VAMP ME CITY WOMAN!

[@danielmkubacki]

Cool!

[@craigtalbott731]

Somewhere's I possess the comprehensive box-set w/in my CD collection, so I suppose that I kinda liked his music. ;-)

[@gregdiamond6023]

I remember him from I Love Lucy. He made me laugh til it hurt. Like Andy Griffith. Humor that ages like fine wine.

[@trr5291]

I'm a big fan of Tennessee. I listen to his tapes in my car. Yes, my car is a dinosaur with a cassette player. Lol.

[@mskrisclark684]

Seeing his reminds me of Burt Lancaster's

[@CD-ql9hz]

He lived in the Smoke Tree area of Palm Springs. Perhaps you can walk there. He has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio, records and television.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Unfortunately, it’s a gated community with a guard at the gate. You can only get in with an invitation from someone who lives there and I don’t know who anyone who lives there. ☹️

[@joseluiscastillo6170]

I never realized how much he looked like Clark gable.

[@tomtransport]

I own a Seeburg AY160 jukebox a copy of the peapicker's 16 tons is in there a lot of years now. His description using the NYC subway for getting to Lucy's home was hilarious. "Someone pointed to a hole in the ground with some steps a going down. So I went down the steps and saw all these people standing there a staring in a ditch".🤣🤣🤣

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

😂👍

[@TyhlerNovac]

I saw you on another Channel called Steve in Palm springs also is that your channel too

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Yes, that’s my personal channel.

[@johnpeddicord4932]

Remember him on my 3station TV, back in day it seems to me if graveyard channel has 127 subscribers , why doesn't STEVE IN PALM SPRINGS have almost thesame Left out thousands😊

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Thanks John, I’m surprised that I even got to 500 subscribers on my other channel lol. Viewers love, gravesites, but they don’t really care much for older people, at least until they’re dead lol! 🤪

[@elizabethsmith5107]

No don't forget to Danny Thomas show he was a guest star on that one because when they showed the Danny Thomas on the chatty he was a guest star on there

[@pattibrooks1907]

I am 68 before my time but have heard of him and have a nice day weekend Steve .

[@SgtShirley]

I thought I would check in on this website, but it looks like things are a little dead around here. Need to liven things up a bit.

[@Junior_Rocky]

Wait a minute. He died in 1991. That is NOT 50 years ago.

[@darlenepotts2775]

he was my cousin ernie

[@GalaxyTheCrazyQuilt]

Im looking for Ricky rikkerdo 🤣

[@paulatenney6494]

Bob newhart just died today

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

I just shared a video about it

[@paulatenney6494]

@@TheGraveyardChannel he is beried in san farendo cemerty

[@rextrek]

10th Hey Steve & jim, ahh yes - I remember him - tho I was born in 60' .... and Hee HAW he was on a lot

[@colemahaffey2366]

Great video Steve