page_title: Minnie Pearl
section_title: Family life
hierarchical_section_title: Minnie Pearl / Biography / Family life
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl in the lobby of Ryman Auditorium
context_page_description: Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon, known professionally as her stage character Minnie Pearl, was an American country comedian who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and on the television show Hee Haw from 1969 to 1991.
context_section_description: On February 23, 1947, Sarah Colley married Henry R. Cannon, who had been an Army Air Corps fighter pilot during World War II and was then a partner in an air charter service. After the marriage, Henry Cannon set up his own air charter service for country music performers and took over management of the Minnie Pearl character. His clients in the charter service included Eddy Arnold, Colonel Tom Parker, Hank Williams, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce, and Elvis Presley. The couple had no children. In 1969 they purchased a large estate home in Nashville next door to the Tennessee Governor's mansion. Cannon attended Brentwood Methodist Church, just to the south of Nashville, where she also donated the pipe organ. As of right now, part of Sarah Colley's remaining family lives in the state of Ohio. Around the Miami Valley area.
caption: A life-sized statue of Minnie Pearl sits on a pew alongside a statue of Roy Acuff in the lobby of Ryman Auditorium.
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