Forest City Joe

Birth Name:
Joe Benny Pugh
Birth Date:
July 10, 1926
Birth Place:
Hughes, Arkansas
Death Date:
April 3, 1960
Place of Death:
Horseshoe Lake, Arizona
Age:
0
Cause of Death:
Car accident
Cemetery Name:
Memphis National Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Music
He was the harmonica player in Muddy Waters's first band and regularly performed in the Chicago area before he died in a tragic car accident after a performance in Arkansas

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Memphis National Cemetery

Memphis, Tennessee, 0

USA

North America

Grave Location GPS

35.172, -89.934467

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Forest City Joe was born on July 10, 1926.

Forest City Joe was born in Hughes, Arkansas.

Forest City Joe died on April 3, 1960.

Forest City Joe died in Horseshoe Lake, Arizona.

Forest City Joe was 0.

The cause of death was Car accident.

Forest City Joe's grave is in Memphis National Cemetery

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