February 22, 2024(2024-02-22) (aged 85) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Bluegrass, country
Occupations
Musician, actress, comedian
Instrument(s)
Banjo
Musical artist
Veronica Loretta Stoneman (May 5, 1938 – February 22, 2024) was an American bluegrass banjo player[1] and comedian widely known as a cast member on the country music show Hee Haw. She was the youngest daughter of Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman, patriarch of the Stoneman Family, one of the most famous family groups in early country music.
As a member of the Stoneman Family, she won the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year in 1967. She was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2021 with the rest of her family.[2]
^"Roni Stoneman". Turtle Hill Banjo Company. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
^Crone, Madeline (September 30, 2021). "2021 IBMA Hall of Fame Inductees & Bluegrass Music Award Winners List: Billy Strings, Alison Krauss, Sierra Hull, Dale Ann Bradley". Retrieved February 26, 2024.
the rest of her family. RoniStoneman was born on May 5, 1938, to Hattie and pioneering bluegrass musician Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, one of the first musicians...
Oscar James (Jimmy) (died 2002) Veronica Loretta (Roni) (died 2024) Van Haden (died 1995) Stoneman worked at a variety of jobs, in mines, mills, but mostly...
cast member, usually Tapp, Grandpa Jones, George Lindsey, Kenny Price, RoniStoneman, Roy Acuff, or Dub Taylor) on the chorus, and the guest star's name...
Billboard. Retrieved March 15, 2024. Willman, Chris (February 22, 2024). "RoniStoneman, 'First Lady of the Banjo' and 'Hee Haw' Cast Member, Dies at 85". Variety...
of the Stoneman Family band called "Pop Stoneman and the Little Pebbles" and then formed the Bluegrass Champs which included his sisters, Roni and Donna...
of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies RoniStoneman, Hee Haw Star & Stoneman Family Musician, Dies at 85 Pop singer Tina Rainford has...
and Lavern Nagger, the forever put-upon husband of Ida Lee Nagger (RoniStoneman). Gordie Tapp was the special guest star on episode #54 of the popular...
for ‘Aladdin,’ ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Coraline,’ Dies at 68 RoniStoneman, Hee Haw Star & Stoneman Family Musician, Dies at 85 Actor Buddy Duress Has Died...
Hollywood Reporter. Nicholson, Jessica (February 22, 2024). "RoniStoneman, Hee Haw Star & Stoneman Family Musician, Dies at 85". Billboard. Retrieved February...
Roger Sprung Ralph Stanley Sufjan Stevens John Stewart Jayme Stone RoniStoneman Joel Walker Sweeney Taylor Swift Charlie Tagawa Otis Taylor Todd Taylor...
criminologist. Richard Stolarski, 82, American atmospheric scientist. RoniStoneman, 85, American Hall of Fame bluegrass banjo player and comedian (Hee...
banjo players recorded were Bill Emerson, Eddie Adcock, Tom Adams, and RoniStoneman. Here is a partial list of artists who have released recordings on the...
White, the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license in Texas Roni Morales (November 1, 2014). "Bessie Coleman – Aviator". Rootsweb. Retrieved...
2000 Faye Glenn Abdellah Emma Smith DeVoe Marjory Stoneman Douglas Mary Dyer Sylvia A. Earle Crystal Eastman Jeanne Holm Leontine T. Kelly Frances Oldham...
responsible for other abductions and murders in the late 20th century. Stoneman: responsible for thirteen murders in Kolkata in 1989. Ireland's Vanishing...