The celebration is a day-long event on Sept. 14 that starts at the Hank Williams Memorial and Gravesite in Oakwood Cemetery from 8:45-9 a.m. for a wreath-laying ceremony that’s free to attend.

Hank Williams Jr. and wife Mary Jane Thomas in 1989. Ron Galella/getty Sam, 25, paid tribute to his late mother in a statement to PEOPLE shortly after her death.

On Monday, Williams shared a photo of himself holding flowers at his mother’s grave. “After 2 sold out shows in Alabama, I went to Montgomery for a Mother’s Day visit,” he wrote.

Hank Williams Jr. is feeling grateful to be alive on the anniversary of a near-death experience. In 1975, he fell more than 500 feet while hiking.

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Hank Williams Jr.'s wife, Mary Jane Thomas, died after undergoing an elective cosmetic surgery, reports from Florida's Palm Beach County medical examiner reveal. Thomas, 58, traveled from ...

Mary Jane Thomas, the wife of country singer Hank Williams Jr., died from a collapsed lung just one day after having liposuction surgery, officials said. The 58-year-old former model was found ...