Charlie Daniels Honored by Military, Fellow Artists, During Funeral. Watch It Here.

Charlie Daniels‘ life was celebrated with a funeral at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Friday (July 10th).  The event was open to the public, and fans turned out in droves.  The funeral included a color guard march to Daniels’ casket with the U.S. and Tennessee flags.  Former U.S. Marine Mark “Oz” Geist recited the pledge of allegiance.
Guest performers who took the stage to pay tribute to the late Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member included Trace Adkins, who performed the patriotic “Arlington;” Vince Gill, who sang “Go Rest High on That Mountain,” and “America the Beautiful;” Travis Tritt, who led the congregation in “Amazing Grace;” and Gretchen Wilson, who honored Daniels with the gospel classic “I’ll Fly Away” while accompanied on piano by Christian artist Michael W. Smith.

Following the service, Daniels was buried at Mt. Juliet Memorial Gardens in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
Daniels passed away on Monday, July 6th, at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee at the age of 83 after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke.

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ADKINS also talked about the time he sang “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” . . . with Charlie IN the audience.  When he finished Charlie nodded and gave him a big smile.

TRITT recalled how Charlie had a deep faith in God, but he was “never judgmental or preachy about his beliefs.”

GILL told a great story, that happened a million years ago, when he was in the band Pure Prairie League.  They were supposed to open for Charlie, in San Diego.  But their bass player got arrested; and they couldn’t do the show without a bassist.

Charlie encouraged Vince to do the show by himself.  It was his first time performing solo, and it gave him the confidence he needed.