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2. Aug. 2003 · Marshall Lon “Deacon” Freeman, 82, the last surviving member of the Oak Ridge Quartet, which later became the gospel group the Oak Ridge Boys, died Wednesday in Rocky Face, Ga. The cause of...
Lon "Deacon" Freeman – baritone, guitar (1945–49) Wally Fowler – lead (1945–52) Little Johnny New – tenor (1945–49, 1952) Monroe (Curley) Blaylock – bass (1947–49) Bob Weber – bass (1949–56) Pat Patterson – baritone (1949–52), lead (1952–53) Joe Allred – tenor (1949–52) Bob Prather – baritone (1952)
- 1947–present
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
Over the next 20 years, more than 30 members passed through the group including Lon "Deacon" Freeman, Calvin Newton, Joe Allred, Cat Freeman, and a teen-aged Glen Allred. Fowler launched a group called the Oak Ridge Quartet at least four times. The 1943 group left Fowler en masse to form the Stone Mountain Quartet around 1949.
21. Nov. 2023 · The Oak Ridge Boys Honored With “Tennessee Music Pathways” Marker In Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nov 21, 2023. William Lee Golden, Simone Golden, Richard Sterban, and Donna Sterban with the families of Lon “Deacon” Freeman and Wally Fowler at the Tennessee Music Pathways Oak Ridge Boys marker in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
21. Nov. 2023 · William Lee Golden, Simone Golden, Richard Sterban, and Donna Sterban with the families of Lon "Deacon" Freeman and Wally Fowler at the Tennessee Music Pathways Oak Ridge Boys marker in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Photo by Jeremy Westby / 2911 Media). NEWS SOURCE: 2911 Media. November 21, 2023.
16. Nov. 2023 · Just three weeks after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, Wally renamed the Harmony Quartet the Oak Ridge Quartet with Lon “Deacon” Freeman, Curly Kinsey and Johnny New and played the Grand Ole Opry under that new and exciting name – the Oak Ridge Quartet.
21. Nov. 2023 · Family members of Wally Fowler and Lon "Deacon" Freeman attended the unveiling. Rosie Mosteller, Freeman's oldest child, attended with sisters Susan Hill and Lynn Starks and brother Danny. Mosteller said she and her siblings were the reason Freeman quit performing on the road.
