1894-1937

Born in Chattanooga to black parents, her great talent and determination earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." Death came in a tragic automobile accident in Clarksdale, Miss. In her memory, Columbia Records erected a tombstone with the epitaph

"The Greatest Blues Singer

In The World

Will Never Stop Singing."

Marker is on E ML King Blvd, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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