Helen Florence Moyers

MOYERS, HELEN FLORENCE - PENNY JAY - 80, went home to be with Jesus, March 29, 2006 after battling an illness. Born on Tennessee's Monteagle Mountain and raised in Knoxville's Ramsey Community, she resided many years in Nashville, TN before moving to Nashville, AR. She was a C&W singer-songwriter. Her #1 hit, Don't Let Me Cross Over, went gold in 1963 by Carl and Pearl Butler. In 1964 she was Female Artist of the Year for her song, Just Over the Line. Other hits include: Set Him Free, Widow Maker, and I'd Rather Have America. She wrote 96 songs recorded by famous artists. Entertainment careers include: Cas Walker Show, Midday Merry-Go-Round, worldwide USO shows during the Korean War, doghouse bass player for bluegrass artist Jimmy Martin, and on-the-road tours with her band-The Blue Jays. Preceded in death were: her husband, William T. Moyers; mother, Edna L. Glassco; nephew, Michael Adams; father, Barney Adams, Sr.; brother, Harold Burton Adams; and stepfathers, Buford Norwood and Grover Glassco. Survived by: her daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Bobby Chambers of Nashville, AR; brother and sister-in-law, Barney and Wanda Adams, Jr., of Knoxville; grandchildren, Bobby Chambers, Jr. (Little Bobby) and Sunny Murphy of Nashville, AR; great grandchildren, Bobby Chambers III (BJ), Christine (Ching Ching) and Michael Murphy of Nashville, AR; nieces and nephews, Kim, Megan and Logan Grove of Alaska and California; Jerry Adams of Knoxville; and Kristi, Andy and Ashley Dawdy of Georgia. Funeral arrangements incomplete and being handled by Highland Memorial Park, Funerals and Cremations, 5315 Kingston Pike, 588-0567.