Birthday: July 14th, 1932 Date of Death: January 1st, 2007 Place of Birth: Sparta, North Carolina, USA
Country singer/songwriter Franklin Delano Reeves was born on July 14, 1932 in Sparta, North Carolina. The youngest of eleven children, Reeves learned how to play guitar with his mother's help (he borrowed his brothers' instruments while they were serving in World War II) and was a local radio star at age twelve.