Country Music Hall of Fame member Ricky Skaggs has finally received his high school diploma. The country and bluegrass legend would've graduated in 1971, but opted to go on tour with Dr. Ralph Stanley instead.
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Skaggs' Kentucky alma mater of Lawrence County High School presented Skaggs with the diploma in June of 2020 during the school's virtual graduation ceremony, which also included appearances by country artists Tyler Childers and Larry Cordle, who co-wrote George Strait and Alan Jackson's "Murder on Music Row."
"It was an amazing surprise and answered prayer of my mom," Skaggs said in a statement. "She wanted me to graduate before I went full time with Ralph Stanley on the road. I was about as proud of that as anything I've been given."
Dr. Robbie Fletcher, the Superintendent of Lawrence County High School, gave Skaggs his diploma in the surprise presentation.
