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(Courtesy of Jerry Whittington)

Above are Penniman/Cody and his wife Mamie Alice... and a performing horse. Mamie Alice Collins was born circa 1921 in Bristol, Tennessee. And she and Penniman/Cody married on December 29, 1936 in Bristol, Virginia. Don't be confused with Bristol being in two states - the City of Bristol lies on the Virginia / Tennessee state line.



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Above are Penniman/Cody and his daughter Mary Alice who was born in 1951. When his wife was killed in the firearms accident on June 7, 1959, Mary Alice replaced her in the act. The backdrop is the "Wheel of Death" which they used in their knife-throwing act.



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Above are Penniman/Cody and wife Mamie Alice with singer Hank Williams (who passed away in 1953).



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Above are Cody/Penniman and Mamie Alice. As to the date of this photo - has to be 1941 or later. The masked man is Brace Beemer, who took over the role of the Lone Ranger on the radio program upon the death of Earle W. Graser on April 8, 1941. Beemer had been the announcer on the LR radio show.



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Above from L-to-R are Tex Ritter, unidentified woman and Penniman/Cody. Looks like a late 1940s - early 1950s image of Tex. The woman is not Tex's wife, western and serial heroine Dorothy Fay.



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In the center wearing white outfits are Penniman/Cody and Mamie Alice. Kevin Coffey was able to provide more info: this photo is from the set of the KTLA Los Angeles television show WESTERN VARIETIES and probably dates from about 1953. The show was hosted by Doye O'Dell and the house band was Eddie Cletro and his Roundup Boys. Cody and wife were obviously a guest. The Roundup Boys on the left are Tommy Sargent (steel guitarist) and Eddie Cletro. On the far right is Bill Flynn (bass).



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Above are Penniman/Cody and his wife, along with Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo. Photo has to be from 1950s as Renaldo and Carrillo are wearing their CISCO KID TV show costumes.



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Above from L-to-R are B-western bad guy Tex Terry, Penniman/Cody, and Tex Ritter sidekick Arkansas Slim Andrews. Probably taken in the mid to late 1970s. Tex Terry passed away in 1985 and Andrews died in 1992.



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In 1975, Jerry Whittington had Cody portray a toothless gold prospector in a Panasonic 8-track tape player television commercial which aired nationally. Remember that commercial? Above are images of Cody and the 8-track tape player from the "story board" used to prepare that commercial.



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Penniman / Cody at the Evansville, Indiana nursing home.


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