Johnny and June Cash at Fordyce on the Cotton Belt

Johnny Cash with his wife, June Carter Cash, and their son, John Carter Cash, riding in the Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival parade in a wagon driven by Joe Bill Meador, the festival’s organizer; 1982. Cash performed a concert at the Fordyce High School gymnasium, and the proceeds from the show went to support the festival.

four white people in horse-drawn cart riding in parade down street lined with onlookers

Courtesy of Paula Reaves

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