died at age 87 near her home, at the Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia, Texas, on March 23, 2006. She died seven days after Willie Nelson's tribute album to her was released. She had been ill for several weeks prior to her death. She was buried in the Mexia City Cemetery. Her family had a custom-designed sculpture created for her gravestone to honor the songwriter and her work. The memorial sculpture is a large pink-granite guitar (in her signature color). Charting singles See also Mr. Texas (film 1951) Notes References Oermann, Robert K. (1998). "Cindy Walker". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kinsgbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 567–568. External links Cindy Walker – Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: Cindy Walker Douglas Martin, "Obituaries: Cindy Walker, Songwriter" The New York Times, 29 March 2006. 1918 births 2006 deaths People from Mart, Texas American female dancers Dancers from Texas Singer-songwriters from Texas American women country singers American country singer-songwriters Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Monument Records artists 20th-century American singers Country musicians from Texas Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century American women singers People from Mexia, Texas 20th-century American dancers 21st-century American women