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The Jimmie Davis Tabernacle is located near Weston in Jackson Parish. The tabernacle hosts occasional gospel singing. At the site is a replica of the Davis homestead (c. 1900) and of the Peckerwood Hill Store, an old general store that served the community.
A newspaper article in the Shreveport Times related, "On a day in 1939—no one seems to remember the exact date—Charles Mitchell and Jimmie Davis called the station KWKH to see Paul Rice (who was playing there at the time). Paul's wife was in the hospital and he needed cash to pay her bills. He sold 'Sunshine' to Davis and Mitchell for $35.
Jimmie Davis State Park is one of twenty-two state parks in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located near Chatham in Jackson Parish on the northern shore of Caney Creek Lake, [ 4 ] a 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) reservoir.
Louisiana is a 1947 American drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Jimmie Davis, Margaret Lindsay and John Gallaudet. Davis, a singer and Governor of Louisiana, came to Karlson, wanting to be in movies and Monogram Pictures agreed to finance one based on his life. Karlson says the film helped Davis get re-elected. [1]
That would give Governor Jimmie Davis and the legislature time to propose 30 bills that would make integration illegal even though Wright had already declared most of them unconstitutional. Less than 24 hours later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled all 30 bills unconstitutional.
Hank Williams was a Jimmie Davis disciple, who scored big hits on Decca Records with "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine," "You Are My Sunshine" and "Worried Mind."It is unclear when he and Hank Williams wrote "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle."
Uless Charles Mitchell [1] (April 1, 1904 – December 27, 1972) was a songwriter, best known as a collaborator with Jimmie Davis. Davis's best-known composition, "You Are My Sunshine", published in 1939 was co-written by Mitchell. [2] Mitchell worked as the registrar of voters in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He died on December 27, 1972, at the ...
Supper-Time" is a song written by Ira Stanphill and originally recorded and released as a single in 1953 by Jimmie Davis with Anita Kerr Singers. [1] The song has been covered by many artists, including Johnny Cash (in 1958), Jim Reeves (1959), Faron Young (1959), Porter Wagoner (1968), Burl Ives (1969), Conway Twitty (1973), and Pat Boone ...