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Musician Ronnie Milsap is a native of Graham County
Smoky Mountain rain may soon fall on a western North Carolina highway with a new name.
The N.C. Department of Transportation board recently adopted a resolution to dedicate a section of U.S. 129 in Graham County in honor of six-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member Ronnie Milsap.
Signs designating this section from Yellow Creek Road to the Cheoah River, will be placed and a ceremony will be held at an appropriate time to honor the 77-year-old Milsap, who grew up in Robbinsville and recorded 40 No. 1 hits including “Smoky Mountain Rain.”
North Carolina DOT Renames Stretch of Highway After Ronnie Milsap
In this Jan. 16, 2019 photo, Ronnie Milsap poses for a photo on the stage of The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. Milsap s new album, “Ronnie Milsap: The Duets,” comes out on Friday. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP)
Ronnie Milsap, a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Grammy award winner, can add a stretch of highway in
North Carolina to his list of accolades.
The North Carolina Board of Transportation voted on Dec. 2 to rename a six-mile stretch of US 129 near the singer s hometown of Robbinsville as the Ronnie Milsap Highway.