From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   Investigators have not yet determined whether his last words were, "Jesus   
   Take the Yoke"   
      
   https://apnews.com/article/brett-james-songwriter-jesus-plane-cr   
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   BY  KATHY MCCORMACK AND JOSH FUNK   
   Updated 3:10 PM CDT, September 19, 2025   
      
   Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top   
   hits includes "Jesus, Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood and "When the   
   Sun Goes Down" by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash in North Carolina,   
   authorities said Friday. He was 57.   
      
   The small plane with three people aboard crashed Thursday afternoon "under   
   unknown circumstances" in the woods in Franklin, the Federal Aviation   
   Administration said in a preliminary report. There were no survivors, the   
   North Carolina State Highway Patrol said in a statement.   
      
   James was on a Cirrus SR22T, which was registered to him under his legal   
   name of Brett James Cornelius, according to information provided by the   
   FAA. It was not known if he was the pilot. The patrol confirmed his death.   
   The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board said they will   
   investigate the crash.   
      
   The other two people on the plane were Melody Carole and Meryl Maxwell   
   Wilson, the patrol confirmed.   
      
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