Country Singer Jean Shepard loved Chattanooga. She told the late Ray Hobbs with WDOD Radio, she’d move here if it wasn’t for the Grand Ole Opry. The Oklahoma native visited with the country DJ a lot.

Six decades ago, Shepard became the third woman to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The country music pioneer died Sunday outside Nashville. 'There Wasn't None Of Us': Jean Shepard, Country ...