Just received this from a friend a couple of minutes ago, thought
some of you might be interested.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please keep Barbara Mandrell and her family in your thoughts and
prayers as they go through the sadness and sorrow of their loss.
MAY IRBY'S SOUL REST IN PEACE IN THE BLESSED ARMS OF HIS BLESSED
SAVIOR.
Father/manager of Barbara Mandrell dead at 84
Associated Press . March 5, 2009
a.. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Irby Mandrell, Barbara Mandrell's
father and longtime manager, has died in a Nashville hospital. He
was 84.
A spokeswoman for the country star said the elder Mandrell died
Thursday at Baptist Hospital after a brief stay.
Barbara Mandrell said recently that her father's support was
unwavering when she began her musical career as a child, even
starting the Mandrell Family Band to help her realize her dream.
He attended a news conference last month announcing his daughter
as one of the newest members to be inducted to the Country Music
Hall of Fame.
Barbara Mandrell said in a statement that family and friends were
at his bed when he "passed peacefully on to his heavenly home."
A funeral service will be held Sunday at Forest Lawn Funeral Home
in Goodlettsville Tn.
B. D. Rurry .
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