her to her future husband, Paul E. Rose. Rose was a stage manager for Gene Autry at the time, and was always around when Autry was performing, which just so happened to be when Patsy was performing. According to Patsy (as she was by this time called by everyone who knew her), they were the "only two single people involved with the show and kinda got thrown together." Though Rose was around five years her junior, they married on July 3, "honeymooned," and July 4 went their separate ways on different tours. Two weeks later they were again united, but throughout their married life they often followed this pattern. The couple had two daughters, Beverly and Judy. Montana and her two daughters later appeared as the Patsy Montana Trio. After semi-retiring in the late 1950s to spend more time with her family, Montana attempted a comeback in 1964. She released an album on the Sims label in Arizona, notable for having Waylon Jennings as lead guitar player before he made his national debut. The album was later re-released by Starday Records. She influenced later singers Patsy Cline and Dottie West, and more recently, Western music star Devon Dawson, the singing voice of Toy Story 2's Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl. Montana's signature song, "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", appears over the end credits of John Sayles's 1996 film Lone Star, which was released just weeks after Montana's death. Montana died on May 3, 1996, at her home in San Jacinto, California. As Paul Rose served in the United States Army, she is buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. She was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1987 and in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1996. Awards National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame 1987 Academy of Country Music Award: Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award 1970 Western Music Association Hall of Fame 1989 Cowboy Spirit Awards 1992 Arizona Country Music Hall of Fame 1994 the arizona country association pioneer awards 1993 Country Music Hall of Fame 1996 Arkansas Country Music Awards 2019 Arkansas entertainers hall of fame posthumous awards 1996 See also Western music (North America) References External links Patsy Montana at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum [ Patsy Montana biography at allmusic.com] Patsy Montana at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame Patsy