1. Speedy Haworth's father, Herschel Haworth, was a carpenter of English ancestry.
16 Facts About Speedy Haworth
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Speedy Haworth's mother was Vancie Martha Haworth, whose family came to Missouri in a covered wagon from the hills of Tennessee and settled in Nixa, Missouri.
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Speedy Haworth had five sisters: Cassie, Carrie, Edna, Bertha and Myrtle; and one brother, Clyde "Slim" Wilson.
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The family was musical on his mother's side, therefore Speedy Haworth learned to play guitar.
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Speedy Haworth won a yodeling contest when he was 10, and was notable by the age of 21.
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Earle read the Sunday newspaper comics on the air and Speedy Haworth sang and played guitar.
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Speedy Haworth was later succeeded on the "funny paper" program by Howard Lee Arthur and "Little Eddie" Smith.
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Speedy Haworth was one of several KWTO performers who made the transition to television when Springfield's KYTV produced Ozark Jubilee beginning in December 1953.
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Speedy Haworth appeared on NBC-TV's Five Star Jubilee in 1961.
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Speedy Haworth performed in Nashville with Wagoner, Rex Allen, and Leroy Van Dyke, but preferred living in Springfield.
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Speedy Haworth was later inducted into the Missouri Country Music Hall of Fame with Wagoner.
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Later in his career, Speedy Haworth sang more gospel music and performed in smaller venues around the Ozarks and Nashville.
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Speedy Haworth fell in Bolivar while going to play his guitar at a dance.
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Speedy Haworth broke his hip and required several weeks of rehabilitation after surgery.
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Speedy Haworth suffered from Parkinson's disease and was in hospice care for several weeks before his death on February 26,2008.
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Speedy Haworth Court is among several streets in a residential neighborhood northeast of downtown Nixa, Missouri named for performers on Ozark Jubilee, including Red Foley Court, Zed Tennis Street, Slim Wilson Boulevard and Ozark Jubilee Drive.