Country Music Has Lost a Treasure at 109 – Violet Hensley Spent More Than A Century Keeping An Ozark Tradition Alive—But The Remarkable Chapter She Added To Her Story At 99 Proved It’s Never Too Late For One More Dream
“Arkansas Treasure” and legendary fiddler Violet Hensley died Friday (August 7) at the age of 109. Violet Hensley was born in rural Arkansas in 1916. By the…