Jean Shepard, pioneering country music artist and long-standing Grand Ole Opry member, was born Nov. 21, 1933.

Country Singer Jean Shepard loved Chattanooga. She told the late Ray Hobbs with WDOD Radio, she’d move here if it wasn’t for the Grand Ole Opry. The Oklahoma native visited with the country DJ a lot.

(Reuters) - Jean Shepard, who played a pioneering role for women in country music and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Sunday at age 82, the Nashville ...

Jean Shepard, one of the first women to find success in country music as a solo act, died Sunday at age 82. Shepard was a feisty, straight-shooting singer who created a career in an industry where she ...