She Spoke Against A Mural Of Her Husband In Nashville
Many years after Jones’ passing, the man still attracts great interest from country music fans not just in his hometown of Nashville but from all over the country.
In a tribute to the singer, Shawn Catz, a Nashville-based artist, created a large mural on the side of the building at the Colonial Liquors on Franklin Pike, a liquor store that Jones frequented.
The mural depicts Jones riding a lawnmower to the liquor store, an incident The Possum talked about in his Memoir, I Lived To Tell It All.
Nancy was, however, unimpressed by this gesture, according to Taste of Country. Speaking to Fox 17 news station in Nashville, Jones’s widow exclaimed, “Have you seen that thing? It is plumb ugly, and it doesn’t look anything like George.”
She added, “It is hideous, stupid, self-serving, and not accurate, and certainly not sanctioned by the estate or museum.”
The mural did elicit different reactions, but one thing’s for sure — Nancy is keen on defending and protecting her husband’s memory and legacy and wants him to be portrayed in the best light.