Founded "Lee Mace's Ozark Opry" at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The Mace family owned and operated the show beginning in 1953 when Lee and his wife, Joyce, opened the doors to the show that became known as the longest running original …

Sep 20, 2022 · On Aug. 25, 2022, in front of a crowd of more than 30 family members, friends and past performers with the Ozark Opry, Lee Mace’s old bass fiddle was installed in a display case at the Missouri State Museum in Jefferson City.

Lee Mace's Ozark Opry Before every show, the audience would hear Lee Mace ask, "How many of you folks here came to have a good time?" Lee Mace was born in a litle town of 74 people on a farm near Brumley, MO, just 10 miles away from teh Lake of the Ozarks.

Jan 3, 2019 · Lee Mace (1927-1985) - Entertainer. Bass String musician. Best known for Lee Mace's Ozark Opry. Born to Lucian Thomas and Anna Jane "Clare" (Buster) Mace on a summer day (30 July) near Brumley, Missouri, almost a year after his parent's marriage on 8 Aug 1926. He was the oldest of three children.

Lee Mace was born July 30, 1927, at Brumley to Lucian Thomas and Clare Buster Mace. He died June 16, 1985, in a plane crash in Gladstone Cove on Lake of the Ozarks near Gravois Mills. A probe into the fatal crash of his homemade, single-engine airplane, did not disclose any mechanical failure.

Jan 15, 2010 · “Lee Mace, the founder and owner of the Ozark Opry at Osage Beach, died in 1985 in a place crash. An Ozarks native, Lee Mace and his wife Joyce Mace (from Linn Creek, Missouri) were square dance partners first!

Lee Mace, Tolliver Lawson, and Carl Williams formed the dance team at the Tuscumbia picnic. The idea of dancing on the Grand Ole Opry was started by a conversation between Carl and Tolliver.

We have given the Lee Mace display an entire corner of our second floor museum display area since he was such a famous personality over so many years at the Lake of the Ozarks and in particular, since he was a native of Miller County and was …

Founded in 1953, Lee Mace's Ozark Opry in Osage Beach entertained capacity audiences with six to eight shows a week, creating what is known today as "Branson-style" entertainment. More than 10...

Oct 23, 2008 · Lee Mace died in a plane crash in 1985. Even though he died more than 20 years ago, those responsible for Mace TMs name on the eight-mile stretch of highway say their …