NASHVILLE — A trial over how music royalties of the late country singer (Gentleman) Jim Reeves should be split is set to begin this week. Reeves was a country music sensation when he died nea… ...

Reeves is best known for the lyric "Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone" but he stayed on the charts from 1970 through 1984 because of how his widow, Mary Reeves Davis, managed his ...

"Following a plan that Jim himself had laid out, his widow, Mary, ... Jim Reeves is 50 years gone, yet still with us. Reach Peter Cooper at 615-259-8220 or on Twitter@TnMusicNews.

Reeves met Mary White in 1946 and they were married. Mary would play an important role in his career until the end. The couple would often share fishing, golf and hunting when Jim had free time.

Mary Reeves, center, veiled in black, walks to her car on Aug. 4, 1964, after attending joint services for her husband, Jim Reeves, and Dean Manuel, both killed in a plane crash near Brentwood.