Ray Pennington

Ramon Daniel Pennington (December 22, 1933 – October 7, 2020)[1][2] was an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He was known for writing the Waylon Jennings and Montgomery Gentry song "I'm a Ramblin' Man", and for founding the independent Step One Records label. He was born in Clay County, Kentucky.

Pennington died in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee on October 7, 2020 at the age of 86.[3][4]

References

  1. U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911–1999 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2006. His birth name in this index is given as Rhymon Pennington, which could be a typographical error or his actual birth name.
  3. Young, Nicole; Paulson, Dave (October 7, 2020). Ray Pennington, 'I'm a Ramblin' Man' songwriter, dies in house fire at 86. Nashville. https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/07/ray-pennington-im-ramblin-man-songwriter-dies-house-fire-86/5918382002/. Retrieved October 7, 2020. 
  4. Hammonds, Rebekah (October 7, 2020). Country songwriter Ray Pennington killed in house fire. WTVF. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/one-killed-in-house-fire-in-sumner-co. Retrieved October 7, 2020.