Remembering Tammy Wynette, born Virginia Wynette Pugh, on May 5, 1942, in Tremont, MS — she died on April 6, 1998. She was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers. Wynette was called the "First Lady of Country Music", and her best-known song, "Stand by Your Man", is one of the best-selling hit singles by a woman in the history of country music. Many of her hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce, a