On this tour Guy got a full taste of show business and he liked it! Consequently, he was chosen to serve as a performer and officer in charge for a six-week tour of the 4th Army bases. During his last few months in the Army, Guy entered and won a talent show. He served as an instructor in the Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma during the Viet Nam buildup and also went through paratrooper school at Ft. is the son of one of the original members of the Mississippi State Highway Patrol and a mother who was a secretary, housewife and the “best cook in the world.” Guy was singing in church at the age of five and, as he grew older, performed in school musical productions and sang at weddings and for local civic clubs.Īfter graduating from the University of Mississippi with a degree in accounting, Guy went to work for one of the top national accounting firms until a military commitment, made while in R.O.T.C. Hovis is best known, however, for his 40 plus years as a member of the Lawrence Welk Television Show which is still aired weekly on public television stations throughout the country.īorn and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Guy Lee Hovis, Jr. Throughout his career Guy has appeared on many celebrity game shows, in numerous commercials and on national telethons for various charities. He has recorded fifteen albums, has been nominated as artist and producer of the year by the Gospel Music Association, and is a member of the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. He has been on national television for more than forty years beginning with the Art Linkletter’s House Party Show on CBS in 1967. Guy Hovis has one of the more recognizable faces in America.

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