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Birthplace
Mount Olive West Baptist Church
This quaint old church on the Hank Williams Memorial Road, still in use today, was where Hank's mother Lillie played the pump organ with little Hiram by her side singing at the top of his lungs. Hank himself was quoted as saying, “My earliest memory is sittin’ on that organ stool by her and hollerin’. I must have been five, six years old and louder ‘n anybody else”.
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Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum
Lillie Williams moved her family to this home in Georgiana, Alabama in 1930. It was here that young Hank got his first guitar, and that black street performer Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne, taught him his first chords. The city of Georgiana purchased the house and opened the Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum in 1993. On display in the museum are Hank's clothes, documents, photos and many other articles of his life.
Across the street a former boarding house, is the home of The Hank Williams, International Fan Club. Blocks away is the GA-ANA Theatre. The theatre opened in January 1939. Eight months later, a 16-year-old Hank returned to perform here with his Drifting Cowboys band. The Hank Williams Museum
On the morning of Day Two, you will leisurely tour The Hank Williams Museum. The museum houses a collection of more than 17 of Hank's outfits, several of his awards, his instruments, personal belongings, hats, boots, the clothes he wore upon his untimely death and the 1952 baby blue Cadillac convertible in which he passed on. Folks from all over the world come to this museum. It is operated by people who are extremely knowledgeable about Hank. Because of its popularity, you never know who you'll run into inside the museum. |
Hank’s Montgomery
Hank Williams GravesiteAll great things have an end. Fittingly, our tour ends at the gravesite of Hank and Audrey Williams on a peaceful hilltop at Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Montgomery.
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Hiram "Hank" Williams was born in a double-pen log house on a hill
southwest of Georgiana, Alabama on September 17, 1923. The house burned down,
and today a red barn occupies the location. It is a half a mile (private property)
beyond Mount Olive West Baptist Church. This beautiful rolling countryside hasn't
changed much since Hank was born here.
With Hank, all roads lead to Montgomery. Our tour will see Chris' Hot Dogs,
Hank's favorite eatery, Municipal Auditorium where Hank's funeral was held, Elite
Café (now Nobles) where Hank gave his last live performance, the Hank
Williams bronze statue, WFSA radio site where Hank first performed, the sites
of his mother's boardinghouses, the Empire Theatre site where he performed at
age 14 and the memorial to his mentor Tee-Tot.
