Ralph
Edmund
Stanley
Born in McClure, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Fitzhugh Lee Stanley
and Lucy Jane (Smith) Stanley
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 89
in Coeburn, Virginia, United States
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Biography
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Ralph Stanley is Notable.
Ralph Stanley served in the United States Army in World War II
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"Ralph Edmund Stanley (February 25, 1927 – June 23, 2016) was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing.
Stanley began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of The Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, The Clinch Mountain Boys. He was also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley" (wikipedia excerpt).
He was a Lifelong resident of Dickinson Co. Virginia, A 1945 Graduate of Ervinton High School. [1][2]
WWII Veteran of the US Army. Ralph was a Veteran of WW11.[3][4][5]
Obit and Crabtree Smith family History Dr. Stanley was a member of Clintwood Masonic Lodge # 66 and a member of the Kazim Shrine in Roanoke Va. Stanley
Honors, awards, distinctions
- He received a second honorary Doctor of Music degree from Yale University on May 19, 2014.
- He was a recipient of a 1984 National Heritage Fellowship, as an Appalachian Musicians, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
- He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1992 and in 2000.
Sources
- ↑ http://drralphstanleymusic.com/
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stanley
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]
- ↑ stanley, Ralph military
- ↑ [http://www.cmt.com/news/1768087/bluegrass-patriarch-ralph-stanley-dead-at-89/
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19978019/ralphstanley
- Obit and Crabtree Smith family History
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Anonymous Porter
The first time I met him he was in a light blue Lincoln, in Stearns KY waiting on his wife Jimmi, that was visiting her sister, my Mother-in-Law, They were both very nice and friendly
posted 2 May 2017 by Anonymous Porter
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ralph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ralph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ralph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ralph:
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