Meet the Walters

On Sept. 8, 1996, the funeral was held for Marla's mother Margaret, who passed away from cancer. Seven drivers, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Robert Pressley, Tracy Leslie, Rusty Wallace, Ted Musgrave and Dale Jarrett attend the service. Ward Burton is in Richmond for the race as did Rusty's brother Kenny, who won the race, and the Labonte Brothers, Terry and Bobby. Ray Pillow and Sidney Kibrick, who played the Woim in Our Gang also attended. Football stars Roger Staubach, Keith Fahnhorst and Mick Tingelhoff were also in attendance. Marla had a heartfelt eulogy, and her son Faron and his cousins Randy, Dwight, Micah and Justin sang the gospel song written by Larry Gatlin. At the gravesite, Tracy sang the Vince Gill song before it was over.

On May 4, 1990, Shelly Walther performed at Talladega, Alabama with hundreds of people cheering for her. The VHS was released that December. Phil Barkdoll, who passed away exactly a week before his birthday last week, was the announcer of the show. Tracy Leslie had a cameo of singing with Shelly, and he wrote a song called "With All of My Heart." Chris Gehrke, Shelly's then boyfriend was in attendance a year before he died of injuries from the Talladega ARCA accident. The last song was the haunting gospel medley, and made Tracy and other drivers cheer for her. Twenty three days later, Tracy has a sponsor of Shelly at the Charlotte race, and won by Rusty Wallace. Tracy said that he was blessed to have his favorite singer Shelly back on track. 1. Somebody Up There Likes Me 2. Love Comes to An End 3. Writing on the Wall 4. Something Inside Me 5. Love Got in the Way (with Tracy Leslie) 6. Help Me Make it Through the Night 7. With All of My Heart 8. He Won't Follow Me No M...

Guest: I Couldn't See You Leavin' - Conway Twitty Regular Music Video: You've Got to Stand for Something - Aaron Tippin (Burton Brothers) Comedy about Shelly Walther Medley: 1951 Mom and Dad Waltz - Marla I Can't Help It - Elton and Patty Hey Good Lookin' - the Burton Brothers (Jeff and Ward) Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Tracy Cold Cold Heart - Marla Guest: Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty Gospel: Turn the Radio On - Marla and the Burton Brothers Marla's son Faron played the younger Ward in a regular music video. Hank Williams Sr. had a cameo after Marla sang the last medley song. Marla told Conway, "Hello Conway," and he said the title song.

The soundtrack of the Marla Comedy Show and a movie will be released on Oct. 10. Rare songs will be on it as did the original. 1. I'm the Only Thing (I'll Hold Against You) (1993) - Tracy Leslie and Marla Medders 2. Blue Skies - Cheyenne Langston (age 5 1997)* 3. Over the Rainbow - Reid Jones (age 8 1997)* 4. Just a Little Talk With Jesus (1994) - the Statler Brothers, Marla Medders and Dennis Setzer 5. Santa Claus is Watching You (1997) - Ray Stevens, Cheyenne Langston and Reid Jones 6. Daddy What If (1998) - Tracy Leslie and Cheyenne Langston 7. Talking to the Wrong Man (1997) - Tracy Leslie and Reid Jones* 8. I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair (1994) - George Jones, Joe Bessey, Tracy Leslie, Marla Medders, Mark Chesnutt, Shelly Walther, Chuck Bown, Joe Diffie, Rodney Combs and Jeff and Ward Burton 9. Jesus Loves Me (1998) - Tracy Leslie and Cheyenne Langston 10. Friends and Lovers (1998) - Tracy Leslie and Marla Medders* 11. If You See Him/If You See Her (1998) - Marla Medd...

It's a tie breaker for a boy and a girl. Norie and her boyfriend Camden Willer were expecting their third child, due around March 13 of next year. The baby will join brother Sawyer and sister Mallory.

J.D. and Ronni had their first child, a baby boy, born at 1:22 PM today. His name is Maize Finnegan Reeves. Maize was about five weeks premature, and no health issues, according to the doctor. He weighs 6 pounds and 15 ounces.