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The House was built in 1981. There is a road that runs behind the house
that runs along Old Hickory Lake. Johnny Cash's house was about 1/4 mile down the road. Marty Stuart lives down this road,
as does 1 of the Oak ridge Boys.
CONWAY
TWITTY WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY MUSIC STAR
TO OPEN UP HIS HOME TO THE PUBLIC. IN 1982 CONWAY
OPENED UP TWITTY CITY IN HENDERSONVILLE, AND WAS
ONE OF TENNESSEE'S MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS THROUGHT THE 1980's
AND EARLY 90's. TWITTY CITY WAS A NINE ACRE COUNTRY MUSIC
ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX WHICH CONSISTED OF CONWAY'S MANSION,
MEMORIAL GARDENS, GIFT SHOP, AND A THEATRICAL SHOWCASE OF
THE LIFE OF CONWAY TWITTY. TWITTY CITY COST $3 MILL
ION TO BUILD.
A POPULAR ATTRACTION OF TWITTY CITY WAS THE
ANNUAL LIGHT FESTIVAL AT CHRISTMAS TIME. THERE WAS
ALSO AN ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT TO RAISE FUNDS
TO HELP UNDER PRIVILIDGED KIDS.
CONWAY DONATED THE PROCEEDS FROM TWITTY CITY
TOURS TO FAMILIES OF FALLEN POLICEMEN AND FIRE
FIGHTERS.
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AFTER CONWAY'S DEATH HIS ESTATE WAS PUT UP FOR AUCTION .TWITTY CITY WAS
CLOSED DOWN AND PUT UP
FOR AUCTION TOO.
THE TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK BOUGHT TWITTY
CITY FOR $ 2.75 MILLION.
ALSO AUCTIONED WERE CONWAY'S VINTAGE GUITAR
COLLECTION, HIS GOLD RECORDS, HIS RHINESTONE SUITS,
A 1956 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, AND A 1980 A.M.C. PACER.
CONWAY ALSO HAD A SHARE OF OWNERSHIP IN THE MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM,
THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS.
Conway Twitty's Grave
Conway Twitty Bio
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