Looking Back

Possibly the last photo taken of Johnny Horton. He, George Alexander, and Tillman Franks in hospital after Tillman Franks' hernia operation.

From The Shreveport Times, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1960

     MUSICAL CALL ON AN AILING COLLEAGUE... Room 226 at Schumpert Sanitarium was jumping like any room of the Brill Building in Manhattan Tuesday afternoon when folk balladeer George Alexander (at right) featured with Herb Shriner's "Pops Americana," joined Johnny Horton to pay a surpise hospital visit with Horton's personal manager, Tillman Franks. Alexander said he plans to add Horton's latest disc success, "North to Alaska," to his repertoire and may include it on later "Pops Americana" concerts in Texas and the Southwest. Franks is expected to be out of the hostital soon. (Times Photo by Bob Dial)