26 Years Later, Tre Twitty Finally Able To Thank Reba McEntire For Helping Family Say Goodbye To His Granddad Conway

Apr 17, 2020

On June 4, 1993, the late Conway Twitty collapsed on his tour bus in Branson, Missouri and was rushed to a hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Country Singer Reba McEntire offered her plane to his family which bought more time for them to get to the hospital to see him in his last moments. They also took the same plane to fly back to Nashville after Conway passed.

Country music legend Conway Twitty passed away on June 5, 1993, after collapsing on his bus, at the age of 59. His children were based in Nashville, and had no easy way to quickly get to see their dying father other than to drive, which would have taken at least six to seven hours. His grandson, Tre Twitty, explained what happened in a facebook post.

Twitty had four children, Joni, Kathy, Jimmy, and Michael. "Joni, Kathy, and Jimmy immediately starting driving to get there as fast as possible," Tre Twitty, who is also a singer, wrote.

"My father, Michael, got a hold of Reba McEntire in the middle of the night and told her the situation. Reba said, Go to the airport, my plane is waiting, take it as long as you need it. I’ll call my pilot now."

His father took up her generous offer and managed to get to Springfield just in time to say goodbye to Conway.

"A couple of days later," Tre continued, "My dad phoned Reba and asked how much they owed her for the plane rental. Reba said, Your daddy took me on tour and gave me $5,000 a night when I wasn’t worth $500, you don’t owe me anything. I loved him." Tre said that he had been waiting 26 years to meet this "wonderful lady" and to tell her 'thank you'.

“I’m publicly telling this story because she is far too classy and modest to ever mention it.”

Tre is currently part of a music duo with country music icon Loretta Lynn's granddaughter, Tayla Lynn. They are touring with covers of the music of their respective grandparents.

“It's actually called A Salute to Conway and Loretta because Memaw says that she's not dead yet, and that's what a tribute show is,” Tayla Lynn told Moose Jaw Today. “She said she ain't having it.”

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