![]() ![]() ![]() The song recounts Mac’s real life story of being a kid from Lubbock who gets dazzled by the idea of bigger things beyond the Texas border, gets swept up in the starstruck world of Hollywood, and eventually returns when he realizes who he really is, and where he belongs. The music star who also wrote “In The Ghetto,” “Memories,” and other major Elvis Presley hits, along with songs for many others in country, rock, and pop and went on to become an actor and variety show host, found some of his greatest success in country music when he released the song “Texas In My Rearview Mirror” off his 1980 album of the same name. with signs and such to offer Mac Davis a final farewell. Boulevard on Canyon Lake Drive near the cemetery entrance at about 12:30 p.m. Though the public will not be able to attend, they’re encouraged to line up east of Martin Luther King Jr. On Monday, October 5th, he will be laid to rest at the Lubbock Cemetery in a private ceremony. Mac Davis died on Tuesday, September 29th at the age of 78 during heart surgery in Nashville where he was living at the time. One of Mac Davis’s signature songs concludes with the line, “ And when I die you can bury me in Lubbock Texas in my jeans.” And when he is laid to rest, this request will become a reality. Just like the song, legendary American music artist and songwriter Mac Davis will be buried in his hometown of Lubbock, TX, and in a pair of jeans, his wife of 38 years Lise Davis has confirmed. ![]()
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