Billy Edd Wheeler, an Appalachian folk singer who wrote vividly about rural life and culture in songs like “Jackson,” a barn-burning duet that was a hit in 1967 for June Carter and Johnny Cash ...

WHITESVILLE, W.Va, (WOWK) — A West Virginia Music Hall of Famer from Boone County has died. Musician, author and playwright Billy Edd Wheeler passed away at his home in Swannanoa, North Carolina ...

If you’re a music lover, chances are you know and love a song written by the late Billy Edd Wheeler. Wheeler’s family ...

Billy Edd Wheeler, the songwriter behind staple country songs including Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's "Jackson" and Kenny Rogers' "Coward of the County," died on Monday (Sept. 16.) He was 91 ...

Award-winning singer-songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler died peacefully at his North Carolina home on Sept. 16, 2024. He was 91. Billy Edd Wheeler, the Mind Behind Johnny and June Carter Cash’s ...

Country singer-songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler died on Sept. 16, 2024, at age 91. Wheeler was honored in 2014 by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville during Its Poets & Prophets Series.

Billy Edd Wheeler, 91, of Swannanoa, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, September 16, 2024. He was the son of Dutch Perdue and Mary Isabelle Wheeler Stewart. He is survived by his wife ...

Country singer-songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler died on Sept. 16, 2024, at age 91. Wheeler was honored in 2014 by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville during Its Poets & Prophets Series.

Billy Edd Wheeler was born in Whitesville, WV on December 9, 1932. He died September 16, 2024. More News. News. Man in jail after shooting another person in the back.