The funeral of Grand Ole Opry star Porter Wagoner will be held Thursday, November 1, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN at 11 a.m.

Wagoner, 80, died of lung cancer Sunday night, October 28.

Visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 660 Thompson Lane, Nashville, TN. Internment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery following the funeral.

Contributions can be made to the Alive Hospice or the Opry Trust Fund.

The visitation and funeral are open to the public.

“Losing Porter is going to take a whole lot of getting used to as he’s been a part of my life for so long. I grew up watching his television show in Mississippi, and it was as if he were a member of our family. After I got to know him, he was.”Marty Stuart

XM radio to pay tribute to Porter Wagoner

Porter Wagoner will be remembered with programming by XM Satellite Radio this week.

The Porter Wagoner episode of “Bill Anderson Visits with the Legends” will air all day Tuesday on XMX (XM 2).

A memorial show will air Tuesday on XM’s classic country channel “America” (XM 10) at 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. eastern, featuring a retrospective of his songs, as well as interviews and highlights from Wagoner’s career.

An encore of Bob Edwards’s conversation with Porter Wagoner, originally broadcast in June, will air on Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 a.m. eastern on “America” (XM 10). Wagoner discussed his life in country music as well as his final project, the critically acclaimed “Wagonmaster,” which was produced by country artist and XM host Marty Stuart.