Jim Reeves started his career as a minor league baseball player but an injury led to his pursuit of fortune and fame in the music industry. And it worked. So much so that his hometown of Carthage, TX (also the former home to country music legend Tex Ritter) has created an impressive memorial to his memory:
The marker reads:
"Born in Galloway, James
Travis Reeves played professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals'
minor league team until an injury forced him to abandon that career. He
became a radio disc jockey and formed a country western band. Joining
the Grand Ole Opry in 1955, he became a world famous singer. Known
fondly as Gentleman Jim, Reeves was inducted into the Country Music Hall
of Fame in 1967, three years after he died in a plane crash."
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