Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo ... an irascible performer on “Hee Haw,” the down-home variety show, died Feb. 22 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

By Jessica Nicholson Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman, banjo player, comedian and cast member on the long-running television show Hee Haw, died Thursday (Feb. 22) at age 85. Stoneman ...

The last time I talked with Roni Stoneman, she was fired up about a show she had played with her sister Donna. In their 80s and game as ever, the Stoneman sisters still performed together like they ...