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A Winner!
T.E. Jones, Davy's prized thoroughbred horse, named for his daughter Talia, came in First Place at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, April 18th 2004. Davy and the band were performing in Orlando at the EPCOT Flower Power Festival when they received the news. Davy had every confidence that T.E. would triumph and she did not disappoint! T.E. Jones was jockeyed by Hernan Parra.
Update on Talia's Marathon Talia finished the Marathon in 4 hours and 32 minutes! The race was in Hawaii, and Davy surprised Talia by traveling to Hawaii to watch her compete! Talia was thrilled to have her Dad on hand, and gave Davy her finisher's medal from the race! Thanks to everyone who helped sponsor Talia by sending in a contribution to the National Aids Marathon. |
Pop legend jets in for funeral of brother-in-lawPOP legend Davy Jones paid a sad visit to Accrington this week for the funeral of his brother-in-law Ken Wilkinson. Davy, 59, who sang with pop group the Monkees, flew over from Orlando, USA, for the funeral of Mr Wilkinson, who had acted as his security guard and personal assistant on tours of the USA in the band's Sixties heyday. He said: "When I first met Ken I decided I liked him right from the start. "He was a very intelligent and well-read man with a dry sense of humour and we were very close. He was always very good to me. "He did a lot of painting but he didn't do it for money. He just did it because he liked it. "He came with us a lot when we were on tour and he always had it just right in everything he did. "I remember him saying to me: 'How much is enough?' But I knew he wasn't talking about money. He was talking about other things in life." Davy was born in Manchester and appeared in Coronation Street before answering an advert to join the Monkees, the first manufactured pop group, which had enormous success both in this country and America.
KEN Wilkinson At the height of their fame young fans would camp outside sister Hazel's house in Church when it was rumoured he was paying a visit. Mr Wilkinson, of Cranbourne Drive, Church, died in Blackburn Royal Infirmary aged 67, leaving Hazel and a son, Robert. Over the years he made many friends in the USA, Holland and Japan through Monkees fan clubs. He served with the Grenadier Guards and was a Lancashire police officer for 30 years until his retirement 17 years ago. He served as a motorcyclist in the traffic department at Accrington and later became an accident prevention officer. Accrington Crematorium was packed for Monday's funeral. So many family, friends and former work colleagues turned up that many had to stand in the lobby to hear the service conducted by the Rev Steve Thomasson. First published by the Accrington Observer
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