Chamber of Commerce Hickman County, Tennessee

About Minnie Pearl

Queen of Country Comedy

How-deee!

Did you know Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon?

As a performer, she

portrayed Minnie Pearl at the Grand Ole Opry for over 50 years

As a leading citizen of Nashville, she

was named Nashville’s “Woman of the Year” in 1965

As a member of the Grand Ole Opry, she

was the first comedian to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1975

President Bush

qwarded her with the National Medal of Arts in 1992

As a comedian, she

was the first woman inducted into the Comedy Hall of Fame in 1994

Directions

Grinders Switch Center is located in the Chamber of Commerce office at 405 W. Public Square, Centerville, TN 37033 at the junctions of US Highway 50, TN Highway 48, and TN Highway 100 in historic downtown Centerville,Tennessee.

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Grinders Switch Center

The Grinders Switch Center is located in the Chamber of Commerce on the historic Centerville Square. It features regular entertainment in the "Minnie Pearl" tradition, a radio show , a museum, and a welcome center for the Hickman County area.
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