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Small Kentucky town prepares for funeral of bluegrass legend Bill Monroe.(Originated from Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer)
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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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September 11, 1996| Author:
Lawrence, Keith
| COPYRIGHT 1996 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe is coming home to Rosine, Ky., the tiny town with the poet's name, for the last time Thursday.
And the musical Monroe Brothers _ strong, stubborn and proud men _ will be reunited in the town's small cemetery forever.
Dudley Cooper, the Ohio County judge-executive, says the community is ``very blessed'' that Monroe, who died Monday in a nursing home near Nashville of complications from a stroke, chose to be buried in his hometown.
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