Died October 20, 1977 in a plane crash in Southern Mississippi. Buried in Jacksonville Memorial Gardens, Orange Park, Florida.

"One more night, one more show, four down, eighty-four to go
This ain't no time for moving slow

"Greenville to Baton Rouge
I'll call you up when I get through
The life I live is the life I choose
Greenville to Baton Rouge"

-- Drive-by Truckers, Greenville to Baton Rouge

"And out in California, a rock star from Canada writes a couple of great songs about the
Bad shit that went down
'Southern Man' and 'Alabama' certainly told some truth
But there were a lot of good folks down here and Neil Young wasn't around

"Meanwhile in North Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd came to town
To record with Jimmy Johnson at Muscle Shoals Sound
And they met some real good people, not racist pieces of shit
And they wrote a song about it and that song became a hit

"Ronnie and Neil
Ronnie and Neil
Rock stars today ain't half as real
Speaking there minds on how they feel
Let them guitars blast for Ronnie and Neil"

-- Drive-by Truckers, "Ronnie and Neil"