The most important figure in the pioneering era of Delta blues. Charley Patton (1891-1934), helped define not only the musical genre but also the image and lifestyle of the rambling Mississippi bluesman. He roamed the Delta using Dockery as his most frequent base, and lived his final year in Holly Ridge. Patton and blues singers Willie James Foster (1921-2000) and Asie Payton (1937-1997) are buried in this cemetery.
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WROX, Clarksdale's first radio station, went on the air on June 5, 1944, from studios at 321 Delta Avenue. From 1945 until 1955 the station was headquartered here at 257 Delta. Legendary disc jockey Early "Soul Man" Wright became the top personality in local broadcasting after joining the WROX Staff. Among the notable blues artists who hosted programs or performed on the air at this site were lIke Turner, Robert Nighthawk, Sonny Boy Williamson No.2, Raymond Hill, and Doctor Ross.
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DOCKERY FARMS EST. 1895 BY WILL DOCKERY 1865-1936 JOE RICE DOCKERY 1906-1982
