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Anthony King Orbison 1962 - 1968

Anthony King Orbison of Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee United States was born on June 29, 1962 in Nashville to Roy Kelton Orbison and Claudette Frady. He had siblings Roy Dewayne Orbison and Wesley Orbison. Anthony Orbison died at age 6 years old on September 14, 1968 in Hendersonville, and was buried at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, Davidson County.

Anthony King Orbison

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Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee United States

June 29, 1962

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

September 14, 1968

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Introduction

Anthony King Orbison's parents were Roy Kelton Orbison (1936 - 1988), who was a singer and songwriter, and Claudette Frady (1941 -1966), who was Roy's first wife. He had two siblings, Roy Dewayne Orbison and Wesley. Tragically, two years before Anthony, called Tony, and his older brother, Roy Dewayne, died in a house fire, their mother Claudette died in a motorcycle accident on June 6, 1966 in Gallatin, Tennessee. The hits to the singer and songwriter father kept coming, as on September 14, 1968 the Orbison family home on Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee, burned to the ground, killing Anthony and his older brother Roy Dewayne. Youngest child Wesley, who was 3 at the time of the fire, was saved by father Roy's parents. He had been on tour in England when the fire happened. Anthony King Orbison: Obituary Another obituary for the six year old appeared in The Tennessean on Monday September 16 1968. See the details at Anthony Orbison Tennessean Obituary.
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1962

Birthday

June 29, 1962

Birthdate

Nashville, Tennessee United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Tony was Caucasian.
Nationality & Locations

Born in Nashville Tennessee, Tony died just 6 years later in Hendersonville Tennessee.
Professional Career

Tony died at just 6 years old.
Personal Life & Family

With a mother who died when he was just 4, Tony lived with his father in Hendersonville Tennessee.
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1968

Death

September 14, 1968

Death date

House fire

Cause of death

Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee USA
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Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Nashville, Davidson County, TN
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Obituary

From the Find A Grave Memorial: Son of singer Roy Orbison. Anthony King and his older brother Roy Dewayne was killed in a family house fire in Hendersonville Tennessee. Roy Orbison endured a great deal of tragedy in his relatively short life. His first wife, Claudette Frady died in a motorcycle accident on June 6, 1966 in Gallatin, Tennessee. On September 14, 1968, the Orbison family home at Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee, burned to the ground while Orbison was touring in England. Two of his three sons, Roy Jr. (b. 1958) and Anthony (b. 1962), died in the fire. His youngest son Wesley, who was three at the time, was saved by Orbison's parents.

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Anthony King Orbison lived 67 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 6.

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Kathy Pinna

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08/05/2022

Anthony King Orbison

Anthony King Orbison "Tony" is on the left, with his mother and brothers Roy Dewayne Orbison and Wesley. Only Wesley survived in the house fire. Claudette, their mother, died 2 years before the fire that killed Tony and Roy. She died in a motorcycle accident.

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Kathy Pinna

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08/05/2022

Anthony King Orbison

Anthony and Roy Orbison with their singer father, Roy.

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Kathy Pinna

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Anthony Orbison Tennessean Obituary

This obituary appeared in the Tennessean (Nashville Tennessee) on September 16, 1968 Monday

Orbison, Anthony (Tony) King - Saturday, September 14, 1968, at his residence, Caldwell Drive. Survived by father, Roy Orbison, one brother, Wesley Orbison, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Orbison, of Hendersonville and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Frady of Texas. Remains are at the Phillip Robinson Hendersonville Chapel where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 17, 1968 at 10 a.m. by Bro. Ira North.

The following will please serve as pallbearers: Lon Collins, Otis Deck, Otis Deck Jr, Whitney Young, Bell Dees, Grady Orbison. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park. Phillips Robinson Hendersonville Chapel, 8246513. Visitation after 12 Monday, September 16.

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