Country Hitmaker Max D. Barnes Dies
Songwriter Max D. Barnes died Sunday at Nashville's Baptist Hospital of pneumonia. He was 67.
Merle Haggard called Barnes "one of the greats." Barnes wrote such hits as George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" and Conway Twitty's "Don't Take It Away." Compositions
for Vern Gosdin ("Chiseled in Stone") and Vince Gill ("Look at Us," written with the singer) won Country Music Assn. Awards for song of the year in 1989 and 1992, respectively. Barnes was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Assn. in 1992.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Merle Haggard called Barnes "one of the greats." Barnes wrote such hits as George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" and Conway Twitty's "Don't Take It Away." Compositions
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Hendersonville, Tenn.
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