Tammy Wynette's name is a necessary inclusion to any discussion about country music's greatest women, and her resume and legacy certainly earned her a high spot on this list of country music's most powerful females.
Songwriter Don Chapel lost his battle with heart failure and pneumonia on Sunday (Dec. 6). Born Lloyd Franklin Amburgey, Chapel is known for writing songs recorded by George Jones, Conway Twitty, Ernest Tubb, Lynn Anderson and his wife of one year, Tammy Wynette.