NESBIT, Miss. (AP) — Singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Lee Lewis has been given a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker.
The 84-year-old’s marker was unveiled Thursday at his ranch in Nesbit, news outlets report. The event was attended by Gov. Phil Bryant, Grammy-winning singer Marty Stuart and local officials. The Mississippi County Music Trail celebrates the state’s contributions to country music, according to its website .
Lewis was born in Ferriday, Louisiana, in 1935. He later moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and began establishing himself as a musician there in 1956. The next year, he secretly married his 13-year-old cousin. The news of his third marriage would become public during a tour in 1958, causing his career to nosedive.
