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Library display honors late Opry singer

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – The late Grand Ole Opry singer Charlie Walker is being honored with a display at the Hendersonville Public Library.

Walker, who died in 2008 at age 81, lived in Hendersonville north of Nashville for 40 years.

His 1958 hit “Pick Me Up on Your Way Down” became a country music classic. Walker performed regularly on the Opry beginning in 1967.