Ben Jones / Cooter Davenport

If anyone wants to meet Ben Jones. They can meet him here at the following places. Bartle Hall 301 W. 13th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Here are the times Friday, March 11 ~~6-9 Saturday, March 12~~ 1-4 & 6-9 Sunday, March 13 ~~1-4 Minneapolis Convention Center 1301 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55403 Here are times for it. Friday, April 8~~3pm - 10pm Saturday, April 9~~11am - 10pm Sunday, April 10~~11am - 7pm

I was watching CNN tonight (8:00 EST) and they were mentioning actors who got into politics. I didn't hear what was being said....but written at the bottom of the screen was "Ben Jones as Cooter Davenport on the Dukes of Hazzard" I think they also mentioned the years he was involved in politics in Georgia.

http://www.hazzardnet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6737&page=8&highlight=redneck+promised+land - posts # 72 - 80 "Will everyone like every single word, probably not. A decent balance of trying to put a life into two hundred, ninety two pages." Could be described as inspirational and educational text for those recovering from addiction. What one person might experience, another might not. And that is ok.

One of my students went to the autoshow this weekend in Kansas City, at which Ben "Cooter" Jones was showing off the General Lee. As I was unable to go, I asked my student if he could try to get an autograph. This morning, the kid shows up to class with a framed picture of Cooter leaning on the General Lee. It was signed... To Amanda Cooter Ben Jones The student also told me that Mr. Jones chatted with him for a while. The student had mentioned that I was "stuck in the 60's" (since I also have a Monkees lunchbox) and Mr. Jones had laughed in agreement (even though Dukes is an 80's show). I brought it home and all Jam could say was, "That is so cool!" We're gonna have …

Ben Jones/Cooter Davenport WAS IN NASHVILLE TN . ON STAR 97.1 ON JULY 26.2004 WELCOME TO NASHVILLE TN .THANK YOU STAR 97.1 FOR HAVE COOTER ON THE AIR WAYS WWW.STAR97.NET

I see on Cooter's website , Cooter , his band aand the General Lee will be in Bucks Co, Pa pn Oct 9... I am going to try and make it over there. It is about a 3 -3 1/2 drive from LI to there, but it si the closest he is coming my way. I have to find out abut my wifes work schedule first. So I will try Darrell

Ben's wife Alma has announced that Ben passed away of a heart attack today. There was no greater advocate for the show than Ben. He kept the spirit alive all these years with fan events and Cooter's Place. This is devastating. Feel free to share any experiences meeting Ben, kind words, favorite Cooter moments on the show, etc.