Happiness is Lubbock, Texas.... LbNA #75752
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Add Location| Owner: | Boots Tex
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| Plant date: | Sep 11, 2021 |
| Location: | Lubbock City Cemetery |
| City: | Lubbock |
| County: | Lubbock |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Status: | aa |
| Last edited: | Jan 24, 2022 |
Morris Mac Davis, known as Mac Davis was born January 21, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas. He was a country music singer and songwriter who enjoyed much pop music crossover success. He became one of the most successful country singers of the 1970s and 1980s. He was also an actor and once had his own TV show.
During 1974, Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year award. Some of Davis’ other successes included “Stop and Smell the Roses” (a number one Adult Contemporary success in 1974) (Pop #9), “One Hell of a Woman” (Pop #11), and “Burnin’ Thing” (Pop #53). At the end of the 1970s, he signed with Casablanca Records, which was beginning to vend country music but was known primarily for its success with disco diva Donna Summer and rockers KISS. His first success for the company in 1980 was the novelty song “It’s Hard To Be Humble” which became his first country music Top 10. He also had another Top 10 song with “Let’s Keep It That Way” later in the year. He achieved other successful songs like 1980’s “Texas In My Rear View Mirror” and “Hooked on Music” which became his biggest country music success in 1981 going to #2. His 1980 song, “Texas in My Rear View Mirror,” contains the lyrics: “I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas, in my rear view mirror.” By the end of the song, however, the singer comes to appreciate home and family. The last line is “and when I die, you can bury me in Lubbock, Texas, in my jeans. He died on September 29, 2020 and his wish was fulfilled. He is buried in Lubbock City Cemetery in Lubbock, Texas, in his jeans.
Directions: Go to Lubbock, Texas and find Lubbock City Cemetery. Enter the gate on E. 31st Street and go right on Azalea Rd. to the end and bear left onto Dogwood. Immediately turn left onto Beech Rd. and park there. Look to your left, between two small trees, you will find the grave of Mac Davis. When I placed the box, there was not yet a permanent marker, just the small aluminum cemetery sign.
To the box: immediately to the left of the grave, in the corner, is a large cedar tree. Make sure no one is around who might see you. Peer into the branches of the tree at its base and you’ll see a cylindrical concrete boundary marker about 4” diameter x 12” long (just a guess) with the inscription 9/10 on the end. The box is under that marker. SEE UPDATE!
UPDATE!! This box has been moved by a finder who reported that it was found on the ground near the grave of Carl Maxey, so they replaced in a bush behind the Maxey grave. They said that major changes have been made to the Mac Davis graveside. I don't know what those changes were, but they resulted in moving the box. I suspect that the Maxey grave is across the road from Mac Davis but I can't be sure. If you find the box, could you please send me accurate clues to make it easier to find? Thank you.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
During 1974, Davis was awarded the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year award. Some of Davis’ other successes included “Stop and Smell the Roses” (a number one Adult Contemporary success in 1974) (Pop #9), “One Hell of a Woman” (Pop #11), and “Burnin’ Thing” (Pop #53). At the end of the 1970s, he signed with Casablanca Records, which was beginning to vend country music but was known primarily for its success with disco diva Donna Summer and rockers KISS. His first success for the company in 1980 was the novelty song “It’s Hard To Be Humble” which became his first country music Top 10. He also had another Top 10 song with “Let’s Keep It That Way” later in the year. He achieved other successful songs like 1980’s “Texas In My Rear View Mirror” and “Hooked on Music” which became his biggest country music success in 1981 going to #2. His 1980 song, “Texas in My Rear View Mirror,” contains the lyrics: “I thought happiness was Lubbock, Texas, in my rear view mirror.” By the end of the song, however, the singer comes to appreciate home and family. The last line is “and when I die, you can bury me in Lubbock, Texas, in my jeans. He died on September 29, 2020 and his wish was fulfilled. He is buried in Lubbock City Cemetery in Lubbock, Texas, in his jeans.
Directions: Go to Lubbock, Texas and find Lubbock City Cemetery. Enter the gate on E. 31st Street and go right on Azalea Rd. to the end and bear left onto Dogwood. Immediately turn left onto Beech Rd. and park there. Look to your left, between two small trees, you will find the grave of Mac Davis. When I placed the box, there was not yet a permanent marker, just the small aluminum cemetery sign.
To the box: immediately to the left of the grave, in the corner, is a large cedar tree. Make sure no one is around who might see you. Peer into the branches of the tree at its base and you’ll see a cylindrical concrete boundary marker about 4” diameter x 12” long (just a guess) with the inscription 9/10 on the end. The box is under that marker. SEE UPDATE!
UPDATE!! This box has been moved by a finder who reported that it was found on the ground near the grave of Carl Maxey, so they replaced in a bush behind the Maxey grave. They said that major changes have been made to the Mac Davis graveside. I don't know what those changes were, but they resulted in moving the box. I suspect that the Maxey grave is across the road from Mac Davis but I can't be sure. If you find the box, could you please send me accurate clues to make it easier to find? Thank you.
Hike length: 0.1 miles