Jimmie Rodgers will be honored June 1 with the placing of a marker at Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Meridian.
Rodgers, known as the "Father of Country Music," recorded more than 120 songs.
Born in Meridian Sept. 8, 1897, Rodgers was also known as the "Singing Brakeman" because he also worked on the railroad. He made his first recording in 1927.
Rodgers is also being remembered Wednesday with the traditional laying of a wreath at his grave site. The ceremony often brings fans from around the world.
Rodgers died of tuberculosis at the age of 35 May 26, 1933, in New York City. He was the first performer elected to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961.
Rodgers also has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1970) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986). He also has been honored with a Mississippi Blues Trail marker in Meridian.
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