{"id":5090,"date":"2023-11-07T11:01:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2023-11-07T11:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:01:26","slug":"jimmy-fortune-and-earl-hamner-jr-statues-unveiled-in-nelson-county-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/jimmy-fortune-and-earl-hamner-jr-statues-unveiled-in-nelson-county-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Fortune and Earl Hamner, Jr statues unveiled in Nelson County, VA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jimmyfortune.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Statue-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\":r13d:\" class=\"x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Statues of Two Famous Nelsonians presented to the Oakland Museum<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Life-size bronze statues of Earl Hamner Jr., creator of \u201cThe Waltons,\u201d and Jimmy Fortune, formerly of the Statler Brothers, were unveiled at a ceremony at the Nelson County Historical Society\u2019s Oakland Museum on Saturday, July 8, at 11 a.m.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kami Cotler, who played the youngest Walton, Elizabeth, and Michael McGreevey, an actor and writer on the show and a co-producer of a documentary on Hamner, spoke at the event.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Cotler, a prominent cast member of \u201cThe Homecoming\u201d and \u201cThe Waltons\u201d beginning at age 6, and who lived in Nelson and taught in the school system, arranged for other cast members to produce a video expressing their memories of Hamner. It was shown at the unveiling. Hamner died in 2016 and July 10 marked his 100th birthday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fortune and members of his family were present for the unveiling. Fortune spoke about his relationship with Hamner.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The museum also premiered exhibits on Hamner and \u201cRhythms Past and Present,\u201d honoring Fortune and other prominent local musicians with photos, biographies and videos of interviews and performances. The musical heritage exhibit is partially funded by a grant from Bama Works, a charitable foundation of the Dave Matthews Band.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lyndon Cook, a retired college professor and longtime fan of Fortune\u2019s, commissioned the statues by Stan Watts, a noted artist and sculptor. One of Watts&#8217; most famous pieces is entitled, &#8220;To Lift a Nation,\u201d and is taken from the famous photo of New York City firefighters raising a flag over the collapsed World Trade Center site. Funding for the statue of Hamner was donated by the Chris and Andrea Lee family, and Steve and Annie Zolman donated the statue of Fortune.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">When Cook approached Fortune to propose the statue, Fortune said he would allow it if Cook would also commission a statue of Hamner, with whom he became close after being asked to appear in and sing in a video documentary on Hamner\u2019s life called \u201cStoryteller.\u201d Behind the scenes footage of Fortune singing \u201cVirginia Dreams\u201d and \u201cHow Great Thou Art\u201d at the old Hamner home and Schuyler Baptist Church will be shown in the museum exhibit, as will a video of Michael Learned and Hamner talking about \u201cThe Waltons.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To see the statues in person go to the Nelson County&#8217;s Historical Society&#8217;s Oakland Museum at 5365 Thomas Nelson Hwy Arrington, VA 22922. 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