Wilma Lee Cooper obituary

Country musician considered the first lady of bluegrassThe husband-and-wife act was a staple feature of country music in the 1930s and 40s. When Wilma Lee Leary and Stoney Cooper, two youngsters from rural West Virginia, married and went on the road together in the early 40s, they were following a path beaten before them by the Chicago radio teams of Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman, and Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes. But Wilma Lee, who has died aged 90, was of sterner musical stock, and instead ...

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