In 1963, country singer Hawkshaw Hawkins tragically died in a plane crash, leaving his wife, Jean Shepard, pregnant and raising their young son alone. Heartbroken for his friend’s family, country legend Marty Robbins wrote the song *“Two Little Boys,”* inspired by Jean’s sons who would grow up without their father. Instead of taking credit, he quietly listed the boys as the song’s official authors so they would receive all the royalties. Jean later described it as one of the kindest and most sel

Harold Franklin Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963), better known as Hawkshaw Hawkins. Shorty Lavender on fiddle, Howard Rhoton on lead guitar, Ben Keith on steel guitar | GatorRock