(MURFREESBORO) Longtime Murfreesboro musician and writer Billy Henson passed away early Sunday morning (8/21/2022) surrounded by family. He was age 83. Arrangements are incomplete at this time, and will be announced later.
Henson was a regular on WGNS’ daily country music shows in the mid-50’s. His first broadcast was at age 14 when he played a flat top guitar on the radio with Carl Tipton and the Mid-State Playboys. At that time, Billy was a student at Murfreesboro Central Hi .
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